Russian Fighters Escort Strategic U.S. Bomber Over Pacific Ocean

Three Russian fighters Sukhoi-35S have been scrambled to escort a U.S. strategic bomber B-52H, which approached Russia’s airspace, the National Defense Command Center reported According to the center, air defense radars on duty in the Eastern Military Region on Sunday spotted an air target over the Pacific Ocean that was approaching Russia’s airspace. “In order to identify and escort the foreign plane three Sukhoi-35S fighter planes of the Eastern Military Region’s air defense were scrambled. The fighters’ crews identified the target as a strategic B-52H bomber of the U.S. Air Force and escorted it over the Pacific Ocean. There were…