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Old June 29th 08, 06:05 PM posted to rec.aviation.military,sci.military.naval,rec.aviation.military.naval
Jack Linthicum
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Default "U.S. fighters ID bombers near Alaska: Russian flights smack ofCold War"

On Jun 29, 11:17 am, Jeff Dougherty
wrote:
On Jun 29, 10:38 am, Jack Linthicum
wrote:



Anyone else besides the Moonie paper see this happen?


I've seen some reports in Reuters about it, can't find them offhand.
Whether anyone but the Moonie paper thinks this is actually a big deal
is another question entirely.

-JTD


One of the clues is usually the lack of definite dates. That often
means it happened maybe a few months ago, maybe last year. "18
occasions the past
year have skirted a 12-mile air defense identification zone that
protects Alaska." That could be 17 times on one flight and once on
another with your definition of "skirted" open to question. One
example with dates, March 26, 'February' (10th) and then a photograph
92 days later. http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/26/us.russian.planes/
http://digg.com/politics/USAF_F_22A_...s_O ff_Alaska

Flight picked up by radar 500 miles out.