US Navy A low pass with a deadly ending. Low passages of Russian planes on US Navy warships (and vice versa) are frequent, as the recent flybys of Russian Su-24 Fencer bombers on USS Donald Cook in the Baltic Sea prove. Usually, such “shows of force” are uneventful; however, about 50 years ago, a close encounter at sea had a deadly ending. On May 25, 1968, a Soviet Badger-F aircraft flew some very low flybys close to the aircraft carrier USS Essex in the Norwegian sea. After the last pass,...
Russian fighter jets have buzzed US naval ships before -- but with deadly results
Business Insider - 14 Apr 2016 21:02
US Navy A low pass with a deadly ending. Low passages of Russian planes on US Navy warships (and vice versa) are frequent, as the recent flybys of Russian Su-24 Fencer bombers on USS Donald Cook in the Baltic Sea prove. Usually, such “shows of force” are uneventful; however, about 50 years ago, a close encounter at sea had a deadly ending. On May 25, 1968, a Soviet Badger-F aircraft flew some very low flybys close to the aircraft carrier USS Essex in the Norwegian sea. After the last pass,...
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