Russia denies wrongdoing after jet barrel-rolls over U.S. aircraft

[jpak]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN)A U.S. Air Force reconnaissance plane was barrel-rolled by a Russian jet over the Baltic Sea during a routine flight in international airspace, U.S. European Command said Saturday, but Russia disputed that account.

The incident Thursday occurred when a Russian jet "performed erratic and aggressive maneuvers" as it flew within 50 feet of the U.S. aircraft's wing tip, Danny Hernandez, a spokesman for U.S. European Command, said in a response to a question from CNN.

The Russian Su-27 began the barrel roll from the left side of the U.S. RC-135 and went over the top of it to end on the right side of the aircraft, European Command said.

The RC-135 aircraft was "intercepted by a Russian SU-27 in an unsafe and unprofessional manner," Hernandez said, adding that the U.S. plane never entered Russian territory.

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Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/16/politics/russian-jet-barrel-rolled-us-aircraft/

[FailureToCommunicate]

1. Hot shot pilots aren't helpful in cold wars...

[pangaia]

2. We have recently 'deployed' F-15s and F-22s to the UK, Norway, The Netherlands. Iceland,

and tanks to Finland.

Plus ships in the Pacific, Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean. Med Sea, Black Sea, Gulf of Oman,...etc etc....

What could possibly go wrong?


On the other hand, Putin is a Russian Trump with a brain.

[joshcryer]

12. One of these hot shots is going to mess up.

And that'll cause an international incident.

They already did once over Turkey.

[jtuck004]

3. I wonder if their pilot has a picture of him shooting ours the finger whlie

he tries to find a Kelly McGillis to impress?

We are such fucking hypocrites.

[Populist_Prole]

8. Yeah really

"It's only wrong when they do it".

"American exceptionalism" after all.

[EX500rider]

9. Big differance between a movie made in the '80's and real life.

[Adrahil]

22. You know that was a movie, right?

Any actual U.S. pilot that did that would have his wings pulled fast, he'd fall out of the air.

[jtuck004]

23. Did they tell kids that their hero on the screen was just air, or did their parents work hard

and pay good money to show their kids an ass clown hero to imitate.

Dumb fuckers shouldn't pretend when real pilots know how to fly aircraft.

[lark]

4. But, but Bush and Trump love Putin!

Stupid idiots that they both are.

[Festivito]

5. Are people itching for yet another world war? Those from the last are dead and dying. eom

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

10. Maybe they just want another war memorial on the Washington Mall

You can never have enough monuments to cannon fodder. "I gave my life in an illegal and immoral war in (insert country here) and all I got was this f*cking piece of rock."

While I think it's important to honor the lives of servicemen and servicewomen who died in the line of duty, I think it's more important to not create those circumstances in the first place.

If I hear one more salesperson tell me "Thank you for your service" when they find out I'm a veteran I'm going to climb through the telephone and strangle them!

Bring back the draft! Start with sons and daughters of Congressmen and Senators who vote to start a war, then go on to those of the 1% who profit from it.

[Festivito]

11. "That's a beautiful yacht in your private estate dock, arms manufacturer, sir!" said the young man.

"Thank you!"
"If you, young man, work hard, work smart, grow strong children while the world slowly forgets that last war, ... in a few years you'll see me in an even better one."

[Odin2005]

16. Putin is a delusional Fascist thug whos thinks Russia can win a war against the US...

...because he and his fellow Fascists think we Americans are emasculated wimps. The Nazis thought the same thing about Americans in 1940.

[chknltl]

6. Now where could they have gotten such an idea?

Hmmmm....

[EX500rider]

13. If the Russian military is going to get ideas from 30yr old movies we have a problem

[sulphurdunn]

7. This is all a consequence

of the Ukraine fiasco. One thing certain is that the MIC budget will not be cut anytime soon, unless, of course, this investment goes nuclear. That would be very bad for business but is apparently an acceptable financial risk.

[Odin2005]

15. "Ukraine Fiasco", you mean Russia's illegal occupation of Crimea and eastern Ukraine?

[sulphurdunn]

18. Fiasco

"a thing that is a complete failure, especially in a ludicrous or humiliating way."

[burfman]

14. Video is just CNN talking heads - here's a SU-27 doing a barrel roll

though it is not the jet that buzzed the our ship, the Su-27 looks cool never the less doing a barrel rollt.....

burfman.....

[Odin2005]

17. Putin is a fucking lunatic.

[Blue_Tires]

19. Russia's itching to start some shit, aren't they?

[GummyBearz]

20. An actual barrel roll?? Fucking sweet

Maybe that meme will make a come back

[uhnope]

21. another embarrassing display by a wannabe world power. nt