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US Jet Is Spotted in a Mock Dogfight with a Russian Jet Above the Top Secret Area 51 Base
- The US Air Force conducted a mock dogfight using a Russian fighter jet above Area 51 in Nevada
- The ‘enemy’ jet was a single-seat Sukhoi SU-27P, which is used by the Russian and Chinese air forces
- The Sukhoi was intercepted by an F-16 fighter operating out of the nearby Nellis Air Force Base
- The two jets fought each other for 25 minutes at altitudes ranging between 20,000 and 30,000 feet
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These are the amazing scenes which show a Russian-built fighter jet taking on a US Air Force F-16 in a mock dogfight – in what could be a sign that America is preparing for the possibility of war with Moscow.
The images were captured by air traffic controller Phil Drake in the skies above Area 51 in Nevada, one of the world’s most secret military bases, on the day Donald Trump was elected President.
According to Drake, the aircraft in the photographs are a single seater Sukhoi Su-27P and America’s veteran F-16.
He was visiting the desert surrounding Area 51 on November 8, the day of the Presidential election. He hoped to see some fast jets involved in a training mission.
This is the moment a US Air Force F-16 was photographed involved in a mock dogfight with a Russian SU-27 fighter
Air Traffic Controller Phil Drake said this aircraft was the Russian-built Sukoi SU-27P Flanker-B with Soviet style camouflague
The two jets, pictured here performed a series of high-speed head-on passes during the incredibly intense training mission
Here the F-16, left, approaches the Russian-built jet, right, during the mock dogfight high above the Nevada desertThe 42-year-old enthusiast from Hampshire in the UK said he thinks his images are the first of such an encounter in the United States.
He said the Russian jet was a Su-27P Flanker-B – which has never been officially imported into the United States.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4127690/US-Russian-fighter-jets-mock-dogfight-Area-51.html#ixzz4W2Qv8o7C
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Mock dogfights are routine training and if you want to watch one just hang out near Lake Pleasant north of Phoenix on any afternoon. What makes this one interesting is that it was seemingly over “Area 51″. Probably a test of something and not routine training. Also curious that the author identifies one combatant as a genuine SU27.
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