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Top Gun - Russian fighter barrel rolls over a KC-10A
Topic Started: May 28 2017, 03:21 AM (62 Views)
George K
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http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/10714/russian-fighter-intercepted-then-barrel-rolled-atop-a-kc-10-flying-over-syria

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Two weeks ago, a KC-10A Extender was flying over Syria when a Russian fighter aircraft, presumably a Flanker derivative (Su-30, Su-34 or Su-35), intercepted it. The fighter then executed a barrel roll over the top of the big aerial tanker. This led to the US classifying the incident with the all too common "unprofessional intercept" moniker.

In a fairly rare move, the Russians actually apologized for their fighter pilot's behavior. General Jeffrey Harrigian, who commands USAF assets in the middle east, told reporters: "We had one incident where there was an intercept they ran that I would categorize as unprofessional, and we called them on it and expressed our concern. They came back, quite frankly, and apologized for that particular intercept."

News of this intercept comes just days after a very similar event occurred over the East China Sea between a Chinese Flanker derivative and a USAF WC-135C Constant Phoenix air sampling aircraft. In that case, the fighter pilot also executed a barrel roll over the top of the lumbering Air Force jet. Intercepts between Russian and US, and allied aircraft are common, especially near strategic borders, but these types of encounters have been either less frequent or less publicized in the convolutes skies over Syria.

That's not to say that there haven't been persistent encounters between Russia, Syrian and coalition aircraft over Syria. Russian and US fighters have crossed paths numerous times before. Additionally, America's massive drone presence over the country has drawn unique interest from Russian pilots. F-22s have even tailed Syrian fighters around without their aircrews even knowing they were there. Suffice it to say that the skies over Syria are not a lonely place.


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F-22s have even tailed Syrian fighters around without their aircrews even knowing they were there.


:lol2:

Unlike the "near bump" encounters, I suspect that the KC pilots were smiling at the barrel roll as long as it was at a safe distance.
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George K
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Some 22 year old Russian kid flying an Su-35 in the middle of nowhere shadowing a KC10, how could he not do a barrel roll over it? It just isn't possible.

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