A Russian fighter jet flew dangerously close to a U.S. RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft on Thursday, the U.S. European Command said Saturday, The Washington Free Beacon reports.
“On April 14, a U.S. Air Force RC-135 aircraft flying a routine route in international airspace over the Baltic Sea was intercepted by a Russian Su-27 in an unsafe and unprofessional manner,” said Navy Capt. Danny Hernandez.
Hernandez said the U.S. aircraft, a militarized Boeing 707 jet, was operating in international airspace “and at no time crossed into Russian territory.”
