3/20/2009

US-South Korea military exercises: Russian patrol aircraft with the U.S. aircraft carrier "high touch"

The United States nuclear-powered aircraft carrier "John - John C. Stennis" in the US-South Korea joint military exercises (Yonhap)

-38 Doyle Russian maritime patrol aircraft
According to CNN reports, the U.S. military said March 16 at the Sea of Japan Sea of the US-South Korea joint military exercises, the Russian IL-2 -38 maritime patrol aircraft in the United States aircraft carrier "USS John C. Stennis" over its about over 150 meters.
In addition, the March 17, two Russian-made "Bear"-type long-range bombers flew at low altitude is also the United States warships, the Russian fighter was flying at an altitude of about 600 meters.
The U.S. military said that two Russian planes flew at low altitude in the course of American warships, the U.S. Navy F-18 fighter aircraft has been "fly with" about 70 sea miles from the distance of the place warships has been "fly with" to the Russian plane to leave the relevant region.
With the fly at the same time, U.S. warplanes have been trying to use international band to contact the Russian pilots, but have not received response to each other.
Russian warplanes and warships to the United States "high touch" when the case has happened, but this is not about the United States Department of Defense, they think this is just to show off at the Russian people only, is neither illegal nor threatening.

Take part in U.S. Fleet exercises of a soldier on


Soviet Air Force Base in parked patrol aircraft IL -38



The U.S. military said that two Russian planes flew at low altitude in the course of American warships, the U.S. Navy F-18 fighter aircraft has been "fly with" about 70 sea miles from the distance of the place warships has been "fly with" to the Russian plane to leave the relevant region. The photo shows U.S. aircraft carriers take part in military exercises on the F-18 carrier-based aircraft.



Doyle -38 are the former Soviet Union Ilyushin (Ilyushin) design bureau -18 with IL-type anti-submarine airplanes modified equipment and sea anti-submarine patrol aircraft, nicknamed "May" (May). It had been the former Soviet Union are the main shore-based aviation anti-submarine forces, the maiden flight in 1967, joined the active duty in 1970. It is also the Ilyushin Design Bureau designed Finally a combat aircraft.



Take part in military exercises of U.S. military aircraft on the E-2C early warning aircraft


Doyle used the extended -38 m 4 IL -18 airframe, using large aircraft commonly used under the monoplane layout. Doyle, compared with -18, to meet the center of gravity changes, the wing forward, thus reducing the body of the cabin window.



With the fly at the same time, U.S. warplanes have been trying to use international band to contact the Russian pilots, but have not received response to each other. The photo shows the U.S. Navy take part in military exercises soldiers.


IL -38 has a large nose radome bottom, NATO radar, code-named "WETEYE", the tail with the magnetic field anomaly detector (MAD).









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