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| Ministry of Defense: two Tu-95MS bombers completed a planned flight near Alaska |
| 2024-02-11 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. Moscow, February 10, 2024, 10:31 - IA Regnum. Two Tu-95MS strategic bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces' long-range aviation carried out a planned flight near Alaska, the Ministry of Defense reported on February 10. “Two strategic missile carriers Tu-95MS of long-range aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces performed a planned flight in the airspace over the neutral waters of the Bering Sea, near the western coast of Alaska,” the department said. The ministry clarified that the flight lasted over seven hours. The bombers were provided with fighter escort by multi-role Su-30SM. The Defense Department noted that long-range aviation pilots regularly carry out scheduled flights over the neutral waters of the Arctic, North Atlantic, as well as the Baltic, Black Seas and the Pacific Ocean. Russian pilots perform all flights in strict accordance with international rules for the use of airspace, the ministry emphasized. As Regnum reported, on February 7, two Tu-95MS performed a scheduled flight over the neutral waters of the Bering and Chukchi seas. The flight lasted nine hours. Commenting on this event, the commander of long-range aviation, Lieutenant General Sergei Kobylash, said that the pilots carried out the flight in compliance with international rules. A day earlier, the Ministry of Defense announced a ten-hour flight of the Tu-160 over the neutral waters of the Arctic Ocean and the Laptev Sea. “Two strategic missile carriers Tu-95MS of long-range aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces performed a planned flight in the airspace over the neutral waters of the Bering Sea, near the western coast of Alaska,” the department said. Russian pilots perform all flights in strict accordance with international rules for the use of airspace, the ministry emphasized. |
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