U.S. Air Force F-22 fighters intercepted three Russian Tu-95 'Bear' bombers in northern Alaska airspace. See my post "Shadows" below. While it's not unusual for our TAC units to find and escort away single Russian aircraft from Alaskan skies. It's thought interesting that they'd send three across the border.
Russian planes probing our defenses was common during the Cold War...we did the same. Sending a quarter of a squadron miles into Alaska in these times is a message. A NORAD press release sez of the October 17th incident: "Russian activity in the Alaskan Defense Zone is not seen as a threat." ...so they say. This whole saga is like watching the slow opening scenes of a WW3 movie. One step then another then a mistake then things unravel.
This evokes an odd sort of nostalgia for the aircraft of the cold war.
ReplyDeleteYeah, miss them neat Century series fighters that would have protected us from them Bison and Bear killer A-Bomb bombers. F-100's F-104's F-102's that lot. We all made models of them back then as kiddies. Heck sometimes I still do. Happy memories of planetary suicide.
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