US plane is ‘buzzed’ AGAIN by Russian jet over the Black Sea in the second such incident this week
Russian Su-27 jet flew close to a US recon plane in international airspace Friday
Incident occurred 100 miles from Russia-held Crimea and 30 miles from Russia
It’s not known if the jet was armed but an Su-27 in a similar incident Tuesday was
Both encounters occurred around Trump’s meeting with Russians on Wednesday
He met Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and alleged spy Sergey Kislyak
By JAMES WILKINSON
DAILYMAIL.COM
14 May 2017
For the second time this week, a Russian jet has ‘buzzed’ a US recon plane over the Black Sea.
The US Navy P-8 Poseidon was flying in international airspace around 30 miles from Russia and 100 miles from the Russian-held Crimea on Friday when an Su-27 jet raced by, close to it, officials told Fox News.
That came three days after a similar incident in the Black Sea – and two days after a meeting between Donald Trump and Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov.
It’s not yet known whether the Russian plane was armed, or whether either of the aircraft involved in the incident are the same as the ones from Tuesday’s encounter.
The Su-27 spotted on Tuesday had six AA-10 ‘Alamo’ air-to-air missiles under its wings when it flew just 20 feet from the recon plane.
That encounter occurred just of the coast of Crimea, an area that has seen increased attention from the US ever since 2014, when Russia annexed it.
The US isn’t the only country to have been harassed by Russia: On Thursday a Russian Su-24 attack jet flew into South Korea’s Air Defense Zone.
The American ally then scrambled two F-16 jets to see it off – but not before the plane flew within 70 miles of the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier in the Sea of Japan.
Both US encounters with the Su-27s last week occurred on either side of Trump’s closed-doors Wednesday meeting with Russian officials.
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