On Tuesday, a Russian Su-27 aircraft slammed into the propeller of a U.S. Air Force MQ-9 drone over the Black Sea.
from U.S. European Command said that the crash happened at 7:03 a.m. Central European Time, or 2:03 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, on Tuesday morning. The Russian Su-27 aircraft reportedly dumped fuel from its tanks “several times before the collision,” says the U.S. Air Forces in Europe
. U.S. European Command further claimed that it was conducting “routine operations in international airspace” and that Russia’s intercept was an “unsafe and unprofessional intercept.”In the video, the Russian Su-27 can be seen approaching the drone’s starboard side, and—staticky in the wake of the impact before the camera pans to the fuselage and tail of the drone, likely to assess damage. U.S. Air Forces Europe also claimed that there was a second Russian Su-27 in flight at the time.
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