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WATCH Su-27 Chase NATO F-16 Away From Russian Defense Minister's Plane
WATCH Su-27 Chase NATO F-16 Away From Russian Defense Minister's Plane
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Watch a NATO F-16 fighter being directed away from the Russian defense minister's plane in Baltic airspace by a Su-27 jet on Wednesday. 21.06.2017, Sputnik International
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WATCH Su-27 Chase NATO F-16 Away From Russian Defense Minister's Plane
11:16 GMT 21.06.2017 (Updated: 19:09 GMT 03.11.2022) Watch a NATO F-16 fighter being directed away from the Russian defense minister's plane in Baltic airspace by a Su-27 jet on Wednesday.
Earlier in the day, a Sputnik correspondent reported that the NATO aircraft attempted to get close to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu's plane over neutral Baltic waters but was chased away by the Su-27.
Shoigu was en route to the westernmost Russian city of Kaliningrad when the F-16 attempted to make an approach.
Russia's Sukhoi Su-27 fighter, one of the aircraft escorting Shoigu's plane, then displayed its weapons, prompting the F-16 to retreat.
On June 6, the Russian Defense Ministry said it scrambled a Su-27 air superiority fighter over the Baltics to to intercept and escort a US B-52 strategic bomber that approached its borders.
On May 12, the ministry said Moscow scrambled a Su-30 fighter plane on May 9 over the Black Sea to intercept a US reconnaissance aircraft.