Russia boasts of its feat that burned the face of the US P-8A

After causing a US Navy P-8A anti-submarine patrol aircraft to wobble over the Black Sea, Russia has confirmed the incident.

RT quoted a statement from a Russian Su-30 pilot saying that on November 25, the Russian Air Defense - Air Force detected a strange aircraft silently approaching Russian airspace over the Black Sea. Immediately, a Su-30 fighter with full weapons was ordered to take off to intercept it.

Situation of Russian fighter jet approaching US aircraft.

"At approximately 13:00 Moscow time, air control means over the neutral waters of the Black Sea detected an air target approaching at high speed to the state border of the Russian Federation.

"A Su-30 fighter jet equipped with air-to-air missiles from the Southern Military District took off to intercept the moving target. After approaching, the Russian fighter jet circled the target and identified it as a US Navy P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft," the source said.

Realizing that it had been detected by the Russian fighter, the US P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft changed its flight path and left Russian airspace, the press service of the Southern Military District further clarified. Although Russia confirmed the incident, it did not mention the situation in which the Su-30 caused the P-8A to sway due to its close approach.

Previously, Pentagon spokeswoman Michelle Baldanza accused the Su-30 fighter jet of carrying out an unprecedented dangerous approach to the US aircraft.

"The incident occurred over the Black Sea on November 25 when the US Navy P-8A Poseidon anti-submarine patrol aircraft was flying in international airspace and did not take any provocative actions towards the Russian aircraft," Michelle Baldanza said.

Ms. Baldanza emphasized that the action of the Russian Su-30 fighter jet was "unsafe" because it "crossed the US P-8A aircraft from right to left and then activated the power boost mode, causing the P-8A to tilt 15 degrees and vibrate violently."

The spokesman said at one point the Russian fighter jet came within 50 feet of the US plane. The P-8A's transponder was on during the incident. A US Navy official said the incident lasted 24 minutes. "These dangerous actions could have resulted in serious injury and death to the pilots involved," Baldanza said.

It is known that this is the second time since mid-2017 that Russian fighters have forced the US P-8A aircraft to change its flight path.

The incident took place in June when a Su-30SM flew within 20 feet of a US Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft over the Black Sea, forcing the US aircraft to turn around to avoid a collision.

"Although the incident did not endanger either Russian or US aircraft, it made flights by both sides more tense when they had to face each other over the Black Sea," said Captain Pamela Kunze of the US Navy.

According to Baodatviet