A B-52H Stratofortress from the 2nd Bomb Wing takes off during a readiness exercise at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Oct. 14, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Lillian Miller)
A U.S. B-52H Stratofortress bomber was intercepted on Sunday by three Russian Sukhoi-35S fighter jets in international airspace near Russian and Japanese territory.
PACAF spokeswoman Capt. Veronica Perez told Stars and Stripes on Wednesday that “A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress positively identified and observed three Russian Sukhoi-35S fighters in the vicinity of Iturup over the Sea of Okhotsk in the early morning, 26 September.”
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