US spy plane E-8C spotted 35 km away from Russia’s border, says Defense Ministry:
MOSCOW, November 10. /TASS/. A US E-8C reconnaissance aircraft that took off from Germany’s USAF Ramstein Air Base was spotted 35 kilometers away from Russia's border, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday."A US E-8C plane that took off from the Ramstein Air Base in Germany kept circling above the northwestern, central and northeastern parts of the Black Sea for five hours and 13 minutes at altitudes ranging from 7,000 to 10,000 meters. It came as close as 35 kilometers from the Russian border," the statement reads.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the aircraft was detected on Tuesday, its flight lasted from 02:15 pm to 07:28 pm local time. The ministry pointed out that the Russian Aerospace Forces' anti-aircraft missile troops had been tracking the US plane via radar systems for the entire duration of its flight.
US spy plane E-8C spotted 35 km away from Russiaâs border, says Defense Ministry
The aircraft was detected on Tuesday, its flight lasted from 02:15 pm to 07:28 pm local time
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