The Russians Are On The Move Close To Hawai'i...
U.S. military officials confirmed Tuesday that an “irregular air patrol” by three F-22 fighter jets from Honolulu this weekend was connected to a large Russian military exercise off the coast of Hawaii.
The Russian navy is conducting what Russian officials are calling its largest exercise in the Pacific Ocean since the end of the Cold War. The exercise, which is taking place about 400 miles west of Hawaii, includes a variety of warships, anti-submarine aircraft, fighter jets and long-range bombers.
U.S. military officials confirmed that the F-22’s scrambled Sunday in response to Russian bombers moving close to American air space, although Russian warplanes did not actually enter Hawaii’s air space and the American jets later returned to base...
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