{"id":78546,"date":"2024-07-22T15:15:22","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T15:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/07\/22\/russia-says-it-scrambled-figther-jets-to-intercept-b-52-bombers\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:32:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:32:46","slug":"russia-says-it-scrambled-figther-jets-to-intercept-b-52-bombers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2024\/07\/22\/russia-says-it-scrambled-figther-jets-to-intercept-b-52-bombers\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia says it scrambled figther jets to intercept B-52 bombers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia said Sunday it scrambled fighter jets to intercept two U.S. military long-range bomber aircraft that approached the Russian border over the Barents Sea in the Arctic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe crews of the Russian fighters identified the aerial target as a pair of U.S. Air Force B-52H strategic bombers,\u201d Moscow\u2019s defense ministry wrote on the social media platform Telegram, specifying that the planes scrambled were MiG-29 and MiG-31 fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2024\/06\/28\/russia-warns-of-possible-response-to-us-drone-flights-over-black-sea\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Russia_Ukraine_War_34412.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Russia warns of possible response to US drone flights over Black Sea<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Russia\u2019s Defense Ministry says officials have been ordered to prepare a response to U.S. drone flights over the Black Sea.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs the Russian fighters approached, the U.S. strategic bombers turned away from the State Border of the Russian Federation,\u201d the ministry said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. routinely carries out flights over international waters. Moscow has recently responded more aggressively to the exercises, accusing the U.S. in June of using its reconnaissance drone flights over neutral waters in the Black Sea to help Ukraine strike Russian-occupied Crimea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last month, Moscow warned of a \u201cdirect confrontation\u201d between Russia and NATO, and Russia\u2019s defense minister ordered officials to prepare a \u201cresponse\u201d to U.S. drone flights over the Black Sea, in an apparent warning it may take forceful action to ward off the American reconnaissance aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Washington and Moscow have clashed before over the issue. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/unmanned\/2023\/03\/15\/downing-of-mq-9-reaper-is-latest-us-drone-lost-in-contested-zone\/\" target=\"_blank\">March 2023<\/a>, a Russian Su-27 fighter jet damaged a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone, causing it to crash into the Black Sea. 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