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Confirmed: US spy plane fleeing Russian jet invaded Swedish airspace
Monday, January 26, 2015 8:43
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US officials have confirmed Swedish media reports of a mid-July incident in which an American spy plane invaded Sweden’s airspace as it was evading a Russian fighter jet. The maverick plane was spying on Russia when it was intercepted.
The incident, which happened on July 18, went public last Wednesday after a classified document from Sweden’s Defense Ministry was leaked to the press.
The plane, a Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint, entered Sweden’s airspace after permission to do so was denied by traffic control, Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) newspaper said. It passed from the east over the island of Gotland and flew more than 200km over 90 minutes before leaving …. http://rt.com
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2015/01/confirmed-us-spy-plane-fleeing-russian.html
