According to the Russian Defense Ministry released information, local time on the 16th, a Russian MiG-31 fighter aircraft in the Pacific Ocean near the Russian border of the United States RC-135 strategic reconnaissance aircraft carried out a companion flight, and finally the United States reconnaissance aircraft diverted and evacuated.
According to reports, the Russian radar in the Pacific Ocean found a plane near the Russian border, a MiG-31 fighter aircraft from The Kamchatma Krai emergency take-off and the target of the accompanying flight, the U.S. military reconnaissance aircraft withdrew, the Russian warplane successfully returned to base.
The message stressed that Russian warplanes in flight strictly abide by the rules of international airspace use, Russia’s borders are inviolable.
