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Chinese fighter jet only feet away from crash with US B-52 bomber
ByMichael Armstrong October 27, 2023

A Chinese fighter jet flew within a critically close distance of a U.S. bomber aircraft, prompting anger from military officials. The Chinese Shenyang J-11 rapidly approached the US B-52 bomber on Tuesday over the South China Sea and came within 10 feet of contact, the U.S. military said Thursday. The plane harassed the B-52 briefly,…

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Russian Su-27 fighter jets shadowed US nuclear-capable bombers twice in last 24hrs – MoD
ByMichael Armstrong March 23, 2019

Russian Su-27 fighters have been scrambled to shadow US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress nuclear-capable strategic bombers over the Baltic Sea twice in the last 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The bombers were detected by the Russian Airspace Control Means (ACM) while they were still far away from Russian territory, the ministry said in…

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