Video footage emerged showing an apparently recent close encounter between U.S. and Russian forces in the Pacific Ocean. The video shows a Russian Navy Il-38N, NATO reporting name ‘May’, flying very close by the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) at low level. The aircraft is accompanied by an F/A-18 Super Hornet and F-35C Lightning II, […]
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