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Russian Su-27 buzzes U.S. RC-135U spyplane. Once again.

January 29, 2016 Dario Leone

Tense moments in the skies over Black Sea. On Jan. 25, 2016 a U.S. Air Force RC-135U electronic intelligence gathering aircraft was intercepted by a Russian Su-27 Flanker fighter jet while performing a routine sortie in international […]

“Soviet mission markings” on a U.S. RC-135U spyplane used to monitor the Ukrainian crisis

October 23, 2014 David Cenciotti

Some interesting markings were noticed on the fuselage of a U.S. surveillance plane at RAF Mildenhall, in the UK. The reason behind them, is (somehow) unknown. Traditionally, fighter jets that scored an air-to-air kill sport […]