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Dutch Scramble Jets After Russian Bombers Approach
[Ynet] The Dutch defense department says several NATO...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... member countries scrambled jets Wednesday afternoon after a pair of Russian bomber planes approached their airspace over the North Sea. The Dutch ministry identified the planes as two Russian TU-95 Bears, and said it had launched two F-16s from Volkel air force base to intercept them. The Russian jets were escorted by aircraft from the Netherlands, Britannia and Denmark until they departed. Posted by: trailing wife 2014-04-24 |
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