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Originally Posted by sonar732

Personally...I think it's for photo ops. :hmm::rock::up:

Gotta love pictures like those! Speaking of which...the last one isn't Russian. I'm not familiar with that flag, so anyone want to take a stab at it?

Egypt or Iraq

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Hey maybe they wanted to defect and the pilots heard that the US builds BIG carriers? Guess you can't land a Tupolev on one though...

Reminds me of a tale about a B-29 pilot who got sick of being buzzed by navy fighter pilots. He lined himself up with the landing glideslope of the carrier they came from and dropped the undercarriage. The carrier's crew responed by lining the decks trying to wave him off. At the last moment, he pulled out.:huh: No one caught the serial number of the plane, but a warning was issued that if it was tried again they would shoot the aircraft down. The figher piolts also stopped buzzing the B-29's after that!:D

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

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Originally Posted by Konovalov

Another panick thread. The big red bear is digging in America's back yard. Booo, I'm so scared. :roll:

I agree. We should reply in kind and probe with B-1B flights, probing their airspace and response.

-S

I thought we did that already, when that guy landed his plane on Red Square back in the 80's:rotfl:
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthrea...?Number=197100

Stupid kid...

http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/ph...IMITZ_Bear.jpg

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Feb. 12: A U.S. F/A-18 fighter intercepts a Russian Tupolev 95 as the giant bomber buzzed the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the western Pacific over the weekend.

http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/ph...MITZ_Bear3.jpg

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Feb. 12: A Russian Tupolev 95 is escorted by a U.S. Navy F/A-18 fighter near the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the western Pacific over the weekend.

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The Saturday incident, which never escalated beyond the flyover, comes amid heightened tensions between the United States and Russia over U.S. plans for a missile defense system based in Poland and the Czech Republic.

Such Russian bomber flights were common during the Cold War, but have been rare since.

The bombers were among four Russian Tupolev 95s launched from Ukrainka in the middle of the night, including one that Japanese officials say violated their country's airspace over an uninhabited island south of Tokyo.

U.S. officials tracked and monitored the bombers as two flew south along the Japanese coast, and two others flew farther east, coming closer to the Nimitz and the guided missile cruiser USS Princeton.

As the bombers got about 500 miles out from the U.S. ships, four F/A-18 fighters were launched from the Nimitz, the official said. The fighters intercepted the Russian bombers about 50 miles south of the Nimitz.

At least two U.S. fighters trailed the bomber as it came in low over the Nimitz twice, while one or two of the other U.S. fighters followed the second bomber as it circled.

The official said there were no verbal communications between the U.S. and the Russians, and the Pentagon has not heard of any protests being filed by the United States. Historically, diplomatic protests were not filed in such incidents because they were so common during the Cold War era.

This is the first time Russian Tupolevs have flown over or interacted with a U.S. carrier since 2004.

FoxNews.

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Originally Posted by sonar732

Egypt or Iraq

I'd say Egypt. Iraq's insignia is a green triangle not a roundel IIRC.

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Originally Posted by TarJak

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Originally Posted by bookworm_020

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Originally Posted by sonar732

Egypt or Iraq

I'd say Egypt. Iraq's insignia is a green triangle not a roundel IIRC.

Egyptian Tupolev Tu-16 Badger (now obsolete and retired) http://www.psionguild.org/forums/ima...s/thumbsup.gif

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

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Originally Posted by TarJak

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Originally Posted by sonar732

Egypt or Iraq

I'd say Egypt. Iraq's insignia is a green triangle not a roundel IIRC.

Egyptian Tupolev Tu-16 Badger (now obsolete and retired) http://www.psionguild.org/forums/ima...s/thumbsup.gif

I concur.:up: