A pair of Russian SU-27 fighter aircraft escorts a simulated hijacked airliner during a joint training exercise with US forces August 9, 2011 over the Bearing Sea. The Russian fighters followed and monitored the aircraft while it was in Russian airspace, handing it over to US F-15 fighters from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, when it entered airspace.

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A pair of Russian SU-27 fighter aircraft escorts a simulated hijacked airliner during a joint training exercise with US forces August 9, 2011 over the Bearing Sea. The Russian fighters followed and monitored the aircraft while it was in Russian airspace, handing it over to US F-15 fighters from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, when it entered airspace.

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Size: 5151px × 3421px
Location: Bering Sea
Photo credit: © US Navy Photo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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