Russian fighters were scrambled to escort a US Air Force's strategic bomber flying over the Bering Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
Russia's airspace control means detected a target above the Bering Sea, which was approaching the Russian border, the ministry said. After that, the fighters were scrambled in order to prevent a violation of the border.
"A MiG-31 fighter of the Pacific Fleet's naval aviation and a Su-35S fighter of the Eastern Military District escorted the US Air Force's B-1В Lancer strategic bomber in the airspace over the waters of the Bering Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk," the Russian Defence Ministry said in a statement.
"The Russian fighters returned safely to the home airfield after escorting the foreign plane," the statement read on.











