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This week interception of Russian warplanes by NATO Typhoon fighters reminds me of the time in which the world was on the brink of total nuclear annihilation, when Soviet forces taunted the Americans to test their defenses. This image collection shows that part of a Cold War that seems reactivated right now.
January 1963: F-4 Phantom II fighters escort a Soviet bomber as it passes over the carrier Kitty Hawk (CVA 63).
A U.S. Navy Vought F-8E Crusader of Fighter Squadron VF-51 "Screaming Eagles" escorting two Soviet Tupolev Tu-16 (NATO reporting code "Badger") bombers on 5 July 1963.
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Photo: VFP-63, Det Bravo/U.S. Navy
A Convair F-102A intercepting a Soviet "Bear" long-range bomber off the coast of Iceland in July 1970.
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Photo: U.S. Air Force
1971: A U.S. Navy McDonnell F-4B-27-MC Phantom of Fighter Squadron VF-161 "Chargers" intercepting a Soviet Tupolev Tu-95MR over the Sea of Japan.
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Photo: C. Tordesillas/U.S. Navy
A U.S. Navy McDonnell F-4B Phantom II from Fighter Squadron VF-151 "Vigilantes" intercepting a Soviet Tu-95 Bear D aircraft in the early 1970s.
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Photo: Lt. Morris/U.S. Navy
A U.S. Navy Vought F-8J Crusader of fighter squadron VF-194 Red Lightnings intercepts a Soviet Tupolev Tu-95 Bear-A/B reconnaissance aircraft near the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CVA-34) (steaming below) on 25 May 1974.
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Photo: Lt. Fessenden/U.S. Navy
A U.S. Navy McDonnell F-4N Phantom II from Fighter Squadron VF-51 Screaming Eagles intercepts a Soviet-built Libyan Tupolev Tu-22 "Blinder" over the Mediterranean Sea, in April 1977.
A U.S. Navy Grumman F-14A Tomcat from Fighter Squadron VF-14 Top Hatters intercepts a Soviet Tupolev Tu-95RTs over the Mediterranean Sea on 15 February 1977.
A Marine Corps AV-8A Harrier and two U.S. Navy McDonnell F-4N Phantom II fighters intercept a Soviet Tupolev Tu-95 in 1977.
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Photo: U.S. Navy
An A-7E Corsair II of Attack Squadron (VA) 27 intercepts a Soviet Il-38 patrol aircraft that was flying in the vicinity of the carrier Coral Sea (CV 43) steaming in the North Arabian Sea, circa 1979.
An F-106 Convair aircraft belonging to the 102nd Fighter Interceptor Wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, intercepting a Soviet Tu-95 Bear bomber aircraft off the coast of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in 1982.
1982: An F-106A Delta Dart aircraft intercepting a Soviet Tu-95D Bear aircraft off Cape Cod. The Delta Dart is from the Massachusetts Air National Guard.
A U.S. Air Force F-4D Phantom aircraft assigned to the 119th Fighter Wing “Happy Hooligans”, North Dakota Air National Guard, intercepts a Soviet TU-95 Bear bomber aircraft over the Arctic Ocean, during a flight to Keflavik, Iceland in 1983.
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Photo: U.S. Air Force
A Tu-95 Bear D aircraft being intercepted by an U.S. Navy Grumman F-14A Tomcat from fighter squadron VF-11 Red Rippers, on 1 October 1985.
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Photo: U.S. Navy
Air-to-air left side view of an F-14 Tomcat aircraft intercepting a Soviet Tu-95 Bear-G strategic bomber aircraft in 1985.
An U.S. Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle from the 57th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, based at Keflavik Air Base, Iceland, intercepts a Soviet Tupolev Tu-95 Bear D aircraft in 1987.
A Soviet TU-95 Bear-H aircraft being escorted by a U.S. Navy F-14A Tomcat aircraft, and a U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle aircraft after it was intercepted approximately 350 nautical miles southwest of Adak, Alaska on 29 May 1987.
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Photo: U.S. Navy
Two Soviet MiG-29 aircraft en route to an air show in British Columbia, Canada, are intercepted by F-15 Eagle aircraft of the 21st Tactical Fighter Wing. The Soviet MiG-29s are, for the first time, traveling to the Abbotsford International Airshow in Abbotsford, BC, Canada, to participate in the August 1989 airshow.
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Photo: Staff Sgt. Kevin L. Bishop/U.S. Air Force
May 1996: An F-14 Tomcat escorts a Soviet bomber as it passes over the carrier Constellation (CV 64).
A 90th Fighter Squadron F-22A Raptor escorts a Russian TU-95 Bear flying near the Alaskan NORAD Region airspace Nov. 22, 2007.
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Photo: U.S. Air Force
An F/A-18 Hornet aircraft from Carrier Air Wing One One embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) escorts a Russian Tu-95 Bear long rang bomber aircraft south of Japan Feb. 9, 2008. The bomber neared the vicinity of the carrier resulting in the fighter intercept. Nimitz was transiting through the Western Pacific on a regularly scheduled deployment when the incident occurred.
A Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) Typhoon F2 from Number XI Squadron at RAF Coningsby is escorting a Russian Bear-H aircraft over the North Atlantic Ocean in August 2008.
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Photo: UK Ministry of Defence
On 10th March 2010, two RAF Tornado F3 fighter aircraft of 111 (Fighter) Squadron were scrambled from RAF Leuchars (Fife) in the early hours of the morning to intercept two Russian TU-160 Blackjack aircraft in UK airspace off the North-West coast of Scotland. RAF Leuchars fighters have successfully scrambled to intercept Russian aircraft on more than 20 occasions in 2009-2010.
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Photo: UK Ministry of Defence
17 June, 2014: Royal Air Force Typhoons were scrambled to intercept multiple Russian aircraft in international airspace near to the Baltic States. The Russian aircraft were monitored by the RAF Typhoons and escorted on their way.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Russian fighter jet intercepted an American reconnaissance plane in international airspace over the Pacific in late April, prompting top officials to complain to senior Russian military officials, a Pentagon spokesman said Tuesday.
Army Col. Steve Warren, the spokesman, said the Russian Su-27 fighter flew across the nose of the U.S. Air Force RC-135U aircraft, coming within about 100 feet (30 meters), while in international airspace over the Sea of Okhotsk.
Warren said the U.S. plane did not take any evasive measures. The Russian pilot maneuvered his jet in a way that exposed its belly to the American crew, he said, apparently as a way of showing that it was armed. Warren said there was no radio communication between the two planes' crews.
He said Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, both raised the matter later with their Russian counterparts.
Warren said he could not explain why the incident, which happened April 23, was not made public earlier. It is the latest source of concern for U.S. officials since a heightening of U.S.-Russian tensions following Moscow's intervention in Ukraine. In mid-April a Russian Su-24 fighter made low-level passes over a U.S. Navy ship in the Black Sea.
An RC-135U is a highly specialized reconnaissance plane known as "Combat Sent." There are only two such planes in the U.S. Air Force; both are assigned to the 55th Wing at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska. Their crews are from the 45th Reconnaissance Squadron and the 97th Intelligence Squadron of the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency.
The "Combat Sent" aircraft are equipped with communications gear designed to locate and identify foreign military radar signals on land, at sea and in the air. The crew is composed of two pilots, one navigator, two airborne systems engineers, at least 10 electronic warfare officers and six or more technical and other specialists.
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