... but also in Poland, Czechoslovakia or Hungary. Later, the
Luftwaffe
used the U.S.-purchased F-104G Starfighter for nuclear aviation bomb carriers (using a high-altitude interceptor as a low-level strike aircraft largely resulted in its notoriously many ... ... practice, though, both the
Bundeswehr
and the
Luftwaffe
would operate in a combat situation as full-fledged nuclear forces within NATO’s allied forces.
A nuclear white elephant
Once the Cold War ended, the presence of U.S. troops in Europe, the armies of ...
... a distance of over 300km. A Su-27 took off to perform a visual identification. This is standard procedure: the main task of NATO aircraft based on a rotation system in the Baltic region is to intercept and visually identify Russian aircraft. Often, after ... ... exactly a year ago, on April 23, 2014, above the Sea of Okhotsk. In fact, such events are quite routine, interesting mostly aviation enthusiasts, whereas the public in general usually pays little attention to them.
The ensuing “battle of the headlines” ...
....com/us-canada-intercept-6-russian-planes-2-bombers-over-their-air-defense-identification-zone-1692342
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/brucedorminey/2014/09/16/recent-russian-bomber-incursions-designed-to-provoke-says-expert/
12
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http://news.yahoo.com/nato-intercepts-russian-j ets-over-baltic-sea-151513381.html
13
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http://theaviationist.com/tag/31st-fighter-wing/
14
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http://www.dw.de/baltic-states-are-worried-and-alert/a-17515615
http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2014/09/15/how-nato-could-defend-against-a-russian-invasion/
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http://russian.rt.com/article/50807
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