The incident led to a “crash and complete loss” of the U.S. MQ-9, an Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance aircraft.
unmanned MQ-9 aircraft over the Black Sea Tuesday and struck the propeller of the U.S. aircraft, U.S. European Command announced Tuesday. The incident led to a “crash and complete loss” of the U.S. MQ-9, an Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance aircraft, U.S. Air Force Gen. James B. Hecker, commander, U.S. Air Forces Europe and Air Forces Africa said. The incident follows a “pattern” of dangerous behavior from Russian pilots while encountering U.S.
and allies’ aircraft in international airspace in a way that could lead to “unintended escalation,” U.S. European Command warned. The commander said the drone was completing routine operations in international airspace when the Russian aircraft conducted the unsafe and unprofessional behavior. “In fact, this unsafe and unprofessional act by the Russians nearly caused both aircraft to crash,” Heckler said.
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