Russian fighters regularly “intercept” US fifth-generation F-35 aircraft near Russian borders, it has become a habit for our pilots. But once it happened for the first time and it was in the sky over the Baltic. Video of that, first interception, It appeared on the Web.
Basically, the interception of an F-35 fighter by two Russian Su-27Ps over the waters of the Baltic was not the first, earlier our planes “intercepted” American “invisible” in the sky of Syria, there the F-35 met with the Su-35. Russian plane managed to get close to the American unnoticed, then a pair of Su-30SMs discovered the F-35. Generally, the Americans considered, that testing stealth aircraft in Syria is not entirely comfortable and they were removed from there.
However, the appearance of fifth-generation American aircraft in service with NATO countries in Europe led to, that they began to appear more and more often at the Russian borders. First case “interception” happened in June 2021 of the year, when Italian Air Force F-35 fighters were raised to intercept Russian Tu-160 bombers over the Baltic, but were themselves “intercepted” a pair of Russian Su-27Ps from the duty forces of the Baltic Fleet.
According to the TG channel Fighterbomber, this was the first interception of a pair of Su-27Ps from the Guards Fighter Regiment named after A.I.. Pokryshkin of F-35 fighters in the skies of the Baltic. generally,, in June last year, our fighters flew several times to “intercept” Italian F-35s, working for them all, that can be. Moreover, the flights were carried out as on the Su-27, as well as on the Su-35. Then it became a routine, but they were the first- writes Fighterbomber.
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