MOSCOW. Aug 10 (Interfax) - A Russian Sukhoi Su-27 fighter was scrambled to intercept two United States reconnaissance aircraft over the Black Sea, Russia's National Defense Control Center said.
"The Russian fighter crew consistently approached the air targets from a safe distance and identified them as a U.S. Air Force RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft and a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon base patrol aircraft," the center said.
"After the reconnaissance aircraft turned away from the national border of the Russian Federation, the Russian fighter safely returned to base," it said.