{"id":121650,"date":"2021-05-06T18:15:54","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T10:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=121650"},"modified":"2021-05-06T18:16:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T10:16:12","slug":"russian-fighter-intercepts-us-reconnaissance-plane-over-chukchi-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=121650","title":{"rendered":"Russian fighter intercepts US reconnaissance plane over Chukchi Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.presstv.com\/Photo\/2021\/5\/6\/b141f4df-d414-46bc-ae93-add729f52c1e.jpg\" alt=\"US Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) (L) talks with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) during a rally with fellow Democrats before voting on H.R. 1, or the People Act, on the East Steps of the US Capitol on March 08, 2019 in Washington, DC. (AFP photo) \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">A US Air Force RC-135 strategic reconnaissance aircraft. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MOSCOW, May 6 (NNN-Xinhua) &#8212; A Russian MiG-31 fighter intercepted a US reconnaissance plane above the Chukchi Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russian radars detected an air target approaching Russian borders over the Chukchi Sea, and a MiG-31 of the Russian Pacific Fleet took off in response, the ministry said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The crew of the Russian jet identified the air target as a US Air Force RC-135 strategic reconnaissance aircraft and then escorted it over the sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the U.S. aircraft flew away from the Russian border, the MiG-31 safely returned to its airfield, according to the ministry. &#8212; NNN-XINHUA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A US Air Force RC-135 strategic reconnaissance aircraft. MOSCOW, May 6 (NNN-Xinhua) &#8212; A Russian MiG-31 fighter intercepted a US reconnaissance plane above the Chukchi Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday. Russian radars detected an air target approaching Russian borders over the Chukchi Sea, and a MiG-31 of the Russian Pacific Fleet took [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":121651,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208,209],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121650"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/121651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}