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Video: 2 TU-160 bombers escorted by MiG-31s and F-16s
2021-07-23
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[FBwatch] Two Tu-160 strategic missile carriers of long-range aviation performed a planned flight in the airspace over the neutral waters of the Barents and Norwegian seas.

Fighter escort was provided by the crews of MiG-31 aircraft of the air force and air defence formation of the Northern Fleet.

The flight duration was over 7 hours.

At some stages of the route, Russian strategic missile carriers were accompanied by F-16 fighters of the Norwegian Air Force.

Long-range aviation crews regularly fly over the neutral waters of the Arctic, the North Atlantic, the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea, the Pacific Ocean.

All flights of the Russian Aerospace Force are carried out in strict accordance with the International airspace management system.

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