Ruslan Denisov
Russian Aviaton » Tuesday September 21, 2021 23:50 MSK
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Two Tupolev Tu-160 strategic missile-carrying bombers performed a scheduled flight over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea escorted by Su-35S and Su-27 fighters, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday.
"Two Tu-160 strategic missile-carrying bombers of long-range aviation performed a scheduled flight in the airspace over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea. The crews of Su-35S fighters of the Western Military District’s Air Force and Air Defense Army and Su-27 planes of the Baltic Fleet’s naval aviation provided fighter support," the statement says.
At some stages of the route, the Russian strategic bombers "were escorted by F-16 fighters of the Italian and Danish Air Forces, F-18 jets of the Finnish Air Force, Saab JAS 39 Gripen aircraft of the Swedish Air Force and other foreign planes," the ministry said.
The crews of Russian long-range aircraft regularly perform flights over the neutral waters of the Arctic, the Northern Atlantic, the Black and Baltic Seas and the Pacific, it said.
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