Raptor Meets Bear

The U.S. Air Force’s newest fighter, the stealthy F-22, achieved its first intercept of a Russian Tu-95MS Bear H aircraft late last year. The Russian aircraft did not penetrate U.S. airspace or “come close” during the Nov. 22 mission, according to Maj. Allen Herritage at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, where...

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