April 12, 2015

"The Pentagon says a Russian fighter jet intercepted a U.S. reconnaissance plane over the Baltic Sea last week in an aggressive, unsafe maneuver that recalls Cold War tensions.

The U.S. European Command said on Twitter that the U.S. "is raising this unprofessional incident with Russia in the appropriate diplomatic and official channels.''

Defense Department spokesman Mark Wright said Sunday that the Air Force RC-135U reconnaissance plane was flying a routine route in international airspace when a Russian SU-27 fighter jet flew close by "in an unsafe and unprofessional manner.''

"Unprofessional air intercepts have the potential to cause harm to all air crews involved. More importantly, the careless and unprofessional actions of a single pilot have the potential to escalate tensions between countries,'' Wright said."

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