Re: Russian MiG-31 escorts US reconnaissance aircraft off Kamchatka coast


Message posted by Nick (Member since 07/18/2019) on April 16, 2021 at 6:09:21 PST:

Because I cannot edit, sorry, again a post. It looks to be the RC-135S Cobra Ball, they are flying at Kamchatka coast. To quote Wikipedia:

"
obra Ball aircraft were originally assigned to Shemya and used to observe ballistic missile tests on the Kamchatka peninsula in conjunction with Cobra Dane and Cobra Judy. Two aircraft were converted for Cobra Ball in 1969 and following the loss of an aircraft in 1981 another aircraft was converted in 1983. The sole RC-135X was also converted into an RC-135S in 1995 to supplement the other aircraft.
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Attached link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_RC-135#RC-135S_Cobra_Ball

In Reply to: Re: Russian MiG-31 escorts US reconnaissance aircraft off Kamchatka coast posted by Nick on April 16, 2021 at 6:03:38 PST:

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