Bomber intercepts

[Roy Batty]

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[JoaMei]

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Uhm... where is the Bomber and where the interception in this Pic? p-)

[ed316]

http://www.acig.org/artman/uploads/bh10.jpg

http://www.acig.org/artman/uploads/bh17.jpgOn the other side of the CONUS, the then 21st TFW, based at Elmendorf, was responsible for air defense of Alaska. F-15As of the 21st TFW had regular encounters with Tu-95s of the DA (Dalnyaya Aviyatsiya = the Soviet equivalent of the SAC).

http://www.acig.org/artman/uploads/bh14.jpgThis photograph was probably taken in 1986 off Vietnam. At the time a large carrier battle group of the USN passing by the Vietnamese coast was visited by a large number of Soviet aircraft temporarily deployed to Cam Ranh Bay AB. These two Tu-16RM-2s were intercepted by VF-1 "Wolfpack" F-14A.


http://www.acig.org/artman/uploads/bh16.jpgIn the 1980s the USAF had the 57th FIS "Black Knights" stationed at Keflafik, Island, from where these flew control flights in what the Russians called "#1 Patrolling Zone" NE of Island. In 1984 two "Black Knight" Phantoms intercepted a Soviet Tu-95 and came very close...

[ENSIGN FOREVER]

Notice that the dorsal/belly guns were stowed and that the tail gun pointed straight up. This was due to an agreement between the USSR and the US. If the gun mounts would've moven, the bomber would've been shot down.


VF-111 "Sundowners" (squadron disbanded due to the "Tailhook" party)

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Ardvarks

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Old "FANG" & new "FANG" (Florida Air National Guard)
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[Roy Batty]

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Uhm... where is the Bomber and where the interception in this Pic? p-)

I know but it's fellow canucks so I had to include it..lol

[Sabre]

I bet there's a Von Richtoven in that MiG! :)

[Uncle Sam]

http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_285.shtml




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[signatory]

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and grrr.. I have a (probably misplaced) mag of swedish jets intercepting russian bombers over the baltic sea. but of course I'm not able to get it now.

[artistoli]

Wow! Amazing pic! Those Bears and Badgers sure look creepy and menacing.

[ENSIGN FOREVER]

Norwegians doing their thing:

http://www.f-16.net/modules/pnGallery2/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=76696&g2_serialNumber=2

[eucalyptus]

http://www.acig.org/artman/uploads/v-vs_tu-16pp_over_cv-63_kitty_hawk.jpg
Why did they get too comfortable?

[Jaguar]

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[SHAM]

Anyone got pics of the chinese interceptors and the e-3?

[goldman]

Holy Crap nice thread SIG!!!woot And nice pics to everybody else. woot

[Kingswat]

nice pics, keep em coming.

[Uncle Sam]

http://www.elmendorf.af.mil/3wing/units/history/images/Badger_F15_inter.jpg

[Roy Batty]

I am suprised at how few intercept pics I can find from Canadian fighter aircraft considering how many intercepts they flew.

[Bombtrack]

good thread sig, interesting pics

[rhino]

Notice that the dorsal/belly guns were stowed and that the tail gun pointed straight up. This was due to an agreement between the USSR and the US. If the gun mounts would've moven, the bomber would've been shot down.

VF-111 "Sundowners" (squadron disbanded due to the "Tailhook" party)

Ardvarks

Old "FANG" & new "FANG" (Florida Air National Guard)




Ensing I dont see any f-111,

very nice thread though, cong CS

[Uncle Sam]

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[signatory]

I'm really hitting myself here... I HAD such great photos of intercepts.. especially one of a TU-160 Blackjack. :(

[Fenna]

Ensing I dont see any f-111,

very nice thread though, cong CS

VF-111 is the name of a squadron, the Sundowners

[Uncle Sam]

Ensing I dont see any f-111,

very nice thread though, cong CS

VF-111...It's the squadron, not the airplane.

*edit* Fenna got it.

[Fenna]

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[SHAM]

The guy that chopped the nose off the e-3 and then went missing

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and the story
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Stories1/001-100/0004_Chinese_Interceptor/story0004.htm

[Uncle Sam]

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[witchdoctor]

Ensign Forever, isn't one of those F-106's with the Massachusetts Air National Guard? (Seagull on tail?)

[signatory]

gah imageshack is messing with the photos

[Roy Batty]

good thread sig, interesting pics

Thanks. Have to share the credit with Pvt. Pyle. He said something in another thread that got me thinking about intercepts.

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[Todd022]

i love these intercept pics!

[ranger75bn]

nice pics guys

tnx a lot :hug:

[V0rkutinetz]

Great pics.
Thank you all.

[nick_ua]

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Hey, nice work Inteceptor. Is it Us aircraft carrier down below.

[nick_ua]

I HAD such great photos of intercepts.. especially one of a TU-160

Do you, pleace share. Eager to see Ty 160 intercept

[SEAHAWK]

Wonderful thread. Really interesting. Thanks for sharing:)

[LibertyUnites]

why did they let them get so close to the carriers? "do not fire until fired upon" or what? just curious...

very nice thread SIG

[JoaMei]

why did they let them get so close to the carriers? "do not fire until fired upon" or what? just curious...

very nice thread SIG

Well, in international Airspace over Sea nobody has to tell you where you have to fly.

My Father has a Book, with two german interception Pics. Ill have to scan them sooner or later.

[Mikkel]

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A very rare photograph of an encounter between a 323rd Sqn KLu F-16A ("J-232") with the Soviet Tu-95M only some 150km north of the Dutch coast, on 12 May 1987. The pilots of the two F-16As were 1st Lt. Herman van Heuvelen (the photographer), and 1st Lt. Fred van Breenen (flying the F-16A seen on the photo). (via Arthur Hubers)

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A close-up of the forward part of an V-DA Tu-95 intercepted by KLu fighters, in 1974.

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On the northern wing of the NATO, the Norway Air Force was also very active in intercepting Soviet bombers and patrol aircraft around the Nord Cap and the Kola Peninsula. In this case a NAF F-16A encountered an AS-4-armed Tu-22M-2: some of the best and most informative pictures of Soviet aircraft were taken by the pilots of Norwegian (but also Swedish) air force.

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Emphasis of what the Cold War high over Atlantic was looking like and about: an F-102A breaks away after intercepting a Soviet Tu-95 bomber. Both aircraft operate at high altitude, leaving plenty of contrails.

[Uncle Sam]

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[Uncle Chô]

why did they let them get so close to the carriers? "do not fire until fired upon" or what? just curious...
As someone wrote, it was mostly over international waters and it was some kind of a game between the Western interceptors and the Soviets bombers / recon aircraft. For example, when the aircraft came closer to each other, they cut the radar emission and raise the 23 mm guns (on Tu-95) as a proof of non offensive gesture. Both side roll over each other airplane to see if any new equipment was installed (i.e. weapons load, antenna, radomes etc.) and took pictures. The escort continued until the ennemy was considered far enough from the ships and everyone flew back home until next day.

Shooting down spy aircraft over domestic airspace -obviously not very illustrated in air to air pictures- was another story...

[Dakota435]

Well done Sig!

[LibertyUnites]

I can understand not wanting to provoke WWIII with the Soviet Union but do the same rules apply now? Would we still just watch foreign military aircraft fly over aircraft carriers or would we not even let them get close? please dont tell me my favorite movie of all time isn't a true story! (top gun)

[mattin]

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[sucker4gurls]

i remember seeing a picture of a close up on the tail gunner of a Tu-95, and the gunner was waving at the camera, anyone seen it?

[nick_ua]

It was a story told by some pilots (not sure how many true on it) that ones Ty 95 get somehow trough the aircraft carrier defense, and one of the interceptors were really annoyed the pilots so he turn around and simulate the landing to aircraft carrier, put the gear down and descend very low.
He was saying you got see the faces of the people down below.

Another story when Ty 16K crashed nearby the USS Essex (CVS-9)
Russian saying that aircraft has been hit by Us missile, Us saying it didn't happened. So it still a mystery

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Above and bellow: sometimes the "routine" operations of the Cold War turned "hot". On 28 May 1968 this Tu-16RR started buzzing a group of USN ships, lead by the USS Essex (CVS-9) off the coast of northern Norway. (via Tom Cooper)

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Shortly after passing low over the USS Essex, however, the Soviet recce bomber banked and then hit the sea-surface with the wing. The plane carthwheeled into the sea and exploded. There were no survivors.

[nick_ua]

i remember seeing a picture of a close up on the tail gunner of a Tu-95, and the gunner was waving at the camera, anyone seen it?

this one
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[sir-chimp]

I was watching an old documentary and the pilots where talking about taking up different things to show to the russians they intercepted. They said they would bring up that months playboy and other stuff along those lines. The russians would show stuff back, but I forget what it was.

[sir-chimp]

Any one have photos of the russians intercepting American planes?

[nick_ua]

I know only 2

Cy 15 intercepted and shot down Boeing 707
http://www.airforce.ru/awm/hotsky/pvo13.jpg
http://www.airforce.ru/awm/hotsky/pvo14.jpg

Cy 27 intercept Orion
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it was couple more intercept related incidents
Like three F4 were trying to intercept Ty 95, one of F4 hit the wing and ejected, and Ty 95 barely made home (In Atlantic)
Then on 80 in Atlantic 4 new F 18A were trying to make Ty 16K change the course by making unsafe maneuvers, so two F 18 collided, one pilot dead second ejected. Ty 16 made to base safely.

Cy 15 shot down flight Kal 007

During 1987 1988 Mig 31 from Kamchatka base were in air 214 and 825 times for intercept purposes.
Main targets SR-71, Р-З Orion and КС-135

[sir-chimp]

Interesting photos, thanks


why was the Boing 707 shot down?

[BIGSHaW]

In Soviet airspace every non-Soviet airplane was given a specific air corridor to its destination. If the airliner deviated from the corridor it was considered to be a spy aircraft and shot down. Thats how in 1989 a Japanese airliner was shot down by a Mig29 over the far East of Soviet Union. No survivors, the pilot of the Mig got a medal.

Great pics every1 ThANKS! really enjoying these. BTW Russians practised to find a task force with a carrier, thats why those bears flew right over them, to confirm the objective. I heard a story of American pilot intercepting Tu-95 and cannons were tracking him all the way till he entered the blind zone. After that the gunner showed him a pepsi can with big smile on his face.

PS: Top Gun is NOT realistic by any measure...sorry to burst ur bubble sir :)

[sir-chimp]

PS: Top Gun is NOT realistic by any measure...sorry to burst ur bubble sir :)


Who's bubble are you bursting?

[Lazarou]

why was the Boing 707 shot down?



Korean Air Flight 902

Korean Air flight 902 (KAL902, KE902) was the flight number of a civilian airliner shot down by Soviet fighters on April 20, 1978 near Murmansk, killing two passengers. 107 passengers and crew survived after the plane made an emergency landing on a frozen lake.

The Boeing 707 aircraft departed from Paris, France on a course to Anchorage, Alaska, where it was intended to refuel and proceed to Seoul, South Korea. The aircraft was not fitted with an inertial navigation system, and the pilots in their navigation calculations used the wrong sign of magnetic declination when converting between magnetic and true headings. This caused the plane to fly in an enormous right-turning arc, which eventually caused the aircraft to head south across the Barents Sea toward Soviet airspace. Sukhoi Su-15 fighter jets were scrambled.

According to the United States, the fighters were ordered to shoot down the aircraft, and one pilot of an Su-15 attempted for several minutes to cancel this order, reporting that the aircraft was a civilian 707 and not a military RC-135 (which is built on a 707 fuselage). The order was confirmed, and two rockets were fired; one missed, and the other caused heavy damage to part of the left wing and punctured the fuselage, causing rapid decompression and killing two passengers. The pilots descended to 5000 feet in clouds, looked for a place to land, and, after several unsuccessful attempts, landed on the frozen Korpijarvi Lake on the Finnish border. The 107 survivors were rescued by Russian helicopters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Flight_902

[nick_ua]

RC-135
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[Holstein]

Great thread, thanks for all the interesting pics

[sayaret267]

GREAT! Makes you thimk how close was WW III...

[uribury871]

pics of ROKAF

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[Kingswat]

great pics.

[MK-ULTRA]

Cy 15 intercepted and shot down Boeing 707
http://www.airforce.ru/awm/hotsky/pvo13.jpg


Cool, I read about the event but never saw a picture of it.

What is less known is the fact that a Su-15 was used to perform a successful ramming manoeuvre. On 18 July 1981, the USSR's Transcaucasian airspace was penetrated by a CL-44 type transport aeroplane inbound from Iran.

The intercept mission was flown by two of the 166th FAR's Su-15s, one of the planes piloted by Cpt V.A. Kulyapin. Given the time constraints of the situation, with the intruder about to escape across the border, Kulyapin, having been ordered by ground control to prevent it, had to engage by ramming it, following which he succeeded in saving himself by ejecting.

The pilot was decorated with the Order of the Red Star for his heroism. No pictures of the event tough.

http://combatavia.info/su15_03.jpg

Here is the exact CL-44 that was intercepted. This photo was taken at Amsterdam on July 7th 1981, just 11 days before it was taken down by the soviet Su-15 while transporting weapons for Iran :

http://images.airliners.net/photos/middle/4/6/2/491264.jpg

[PaulClift]

On the 12th March 1953 a RAF Lincoln was shot down by migs in East Germany airspace, it was a navigation error and the Lincoln was beating a hasty retreat west after realising its mistake, the entire crew was lost.

List of cold war shootdowns, less than I thought there would be. (http://users.skynet.be/Emmanuel.Gustin/faq/shotdowns.html)


Thanks. Have to share the credit with Pvt. Pyle. He said something in another thread that got me thinking about intercepts.

Got to love the cold war era, I knew the cold war jets thread would go down nicely.


Would we still just watch foreign military aircraft fly over aircraft carriers or would we not even let them get close? please dont tell me my favorite movie of all time isn't a true story! (top gun)

A couple of years ago the Russian navy was conducting an excercise up around the top of Scandinavia and a Russian bomber/recon plane decided to do a lap of Iceland, it did a flight around the island staying only just over international waters, a couple of F15's scrambled and intercepted it.

[nick_ua]

A couple of years ago the Russian navy was conducting an excercise up around the top of Scandinavia and a Russian bomber/recon plane decided to do a lap of Iceland, it did a flight around the island staying only just over international waters, a couple of F15's scrambled and intercepted it.

Hey nice story, as always good guys win.
Do you have a link, by chanse, so we all can read this incredible story about this Russian navy manevuers/exersice around "Top of Scandinavia nearby Iceland" and this heroic "couple of F 15" who helped Iceland citizens that much.
Pleace do share

[PaulClift]

Hey nice story, as always good guys win.
Do you have a link, by chanse, so we all can read this incredible story about this Russian navy manevuers/exersice around "Top of Scandinavia nearby Iceland" and this heroic "couple of F 15" who helped Iceland citizens that much.
Pleace do share

http://www.cnn.com/US/9907/01/russia.pentagon/

[SEAHAWK]

Turkey had a very important role as the south-east border of NATO, in Cold War. But I don't neither know any event nor I have a photo about that... Has anyone know anything about Turkish interceptors ? Or was there any event that requires interception ?

[orko_8]

There were frequent intecepts over Black Sea shores of Northern Turkey, but I don't remember seeing any photos on the net about it

[SEAHAWK]

There were frequent intecepts over Black Sea shores of Northern Turkey, but I don't remember seeing any photos on the net about it

It's bad.:( It would be really nice to see when our F-5's, F-104's and the others are intercepting Bears.:(

[sir-chimp]

Hey nice story, as always good guys win.
Do you have a link, by chanse, so we all can read this incredible story about this Russian navy manevuers/exersice around "Top of Scandinavia nearby Iceland" and this heroic "couple of F 15" who helped Iceland citizens that much.
Pleace do share


evans right :|

[nick_ua]

http://www.cnn.com/US/9907/01/russia.pentagon/

you said

A couple of years ago the Russian navy was conducting an excercise up around the top of Scandinavia and a Russian bomber/recon plane decided to do a lap of Iceland
article says

July 1, 1999
Two of Russia's long-range bombers flew around Iceland last Friday -- coming within striking distance of the United States for the first time "in five or six years,
The Russian bombers flew within about 65 miles of the coastline of Iceland but "did not violate Iceland's sovereign airspace,"

you said

a couple of F15's scrambled and intercepted it.
Article said

The fighters were sent to escort and observe the bombers on their flight around Iceland.

So it looks like my friend, you f**k it up. Or made it up.
Not couple years ago but about almost 7, never get to Iceland, F16 were not in air to protect Iceland (since when US give a sh*t about Iceland) the Us were consern about what the hell those 2 doing close to US, F 16 didn't intercept, they did ecort and observe.

Would you share your experience how from that small article you can gain that much bulsh**t?

[nick_ua]

It's bad. It would be really nice to see when our F-5's, F-104's and the others are intercepting Bears.

yeh it really too bad for you, again I might be wrong, but Ty 95 was never deployed to this region, the reason I easily see is there were not much to see in Turkey that days, and it's pretty much nothing to see there today.