US fighter jets escort Russian anti-sub plane that flies close to Navy ship in Pacific

A Russian Ilyushin Il-38N aircraft was escorted by U.S. F-35C and F/A-18F Super Hornet fighters near the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the western Pacific Ocean. According to Newsweek magazine, the Russian plane flew “very close and at low altitude.”

US fighter jets escort Russian anti-sub plane that flies close to Navy ship in Pacific

Reports say the aircraft carrier is the USS Carl Vinson, a nuclear-powered warship and the Russian aircraft is the anti-submarine Ilyushin Il-38N Novella.

U.S. Navy’s F-35C and Russian Il-38N Engage in a Riveting High-Altitude Dance Over the Pacific Ocean

In the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean, a U.S. Navy F-35C Lightning II, one of the most advanced fighter jets in the American arsenal, flew alongside a Russian Ilyushin Il-38N, a maritime patrol and anti-submarine aircraft. The dramatic scene,… The post U.S. Navy’s F-35C and Russian Il-38N Engage in a Riveting High-Altitude Dance Over the Pacific Ocean appeared first on The Asia Live.

Through a video released on social media days ago, he noticed a particular sequence that caught the attention of specialists, when an Il-38N maritime patrol aircraft from the Russian Navy made a “saved” passage by F-35C and F/A-18 Super Hornet fighters from the United States Navy in front of the USS Carl Vinson nuclear aircraft carrier (CVN 70). The episode took place in the framework of the deployment of aircraft carriers in the Pacific, withou…

Russian Il-38 ‘Buzzes’ USS Carl Vinson While Escorted by U.S. Navy F/A-18 and F-35C

Video footage emerged showing an apparently recent close encounter between U.S. and Russian forces in the Pacific Ocean. The video shows a Russian Navy Il-38N, NATO reporting name ‘May’, flying very close by the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) at low level. The aircraft is accompanied by an F/A-18 Super Hornet and F-35C Lightning II, […] The post Russian Il-38 ‘Buzzes’ USS Carl Vinson While Escorted by U.S. Navy F/A-18 and F-35C appeared first on The A…

Russian Il-38N anti-submarine aircraft flies near USS Carl Vinson

It's worth mentioning that this is not the first time a Russian Il-38N has approached American aircraft carriers