Russian fighter intercepted three aircraft over Syria and hit the video

 A video appeared on the network, in which the Russian fighter jet recorded the American tanker KS-10 and two French fighter jets Rafale in the sky over Syria. The post was posted by an Instagram user under the nickname fighter_bomber_, who claims that the author is a Russian pilot.
The footage shows how the pilot performed several maneuvers near foreign aircraft. As noted in the caption to the video, he "waved his wing", making it clear that they were intercepted, and also made a raid from above, which can be regarded as a signal to leave the airspace immediately.


The publication Defense Blog suggested that the incident that occurred in May 2017 could have been recorded on video. The site recalls that the head of the Central Command of the United States Air Force, Jeffrey Harrigan, then declared “unprofessional interception” of a KS-10 tanker over Syria by a Russian aircraft.




In February, the US Navy published a video with the interception of an EP-3 Aries reconnaissance aircraft by a Russian Su-27 fighter over the Black Sea. As noted by the US military, the maneuver was unsafe and crossed the trajectory of their aircraft.

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