US and Russian warplanes came face to face in the sky on Thursday after Vladimir Putin sent up two Tu-95MS nuclear bombers over the Bering Sea, near Alaska s western coast.
A video taken from inside one of the Tu-95MS shows one of the F-16s of the 18th FIS (sporting an Aggressor paint scheme) escorting the Bear bomber while chased by a Su-35S and Su-30SM.
The U.S. military said it detected four Russian military aircraft flying near Alaska. NORAD confirmed that the aircraft stayed in international airspace.
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