US Air Force B-1B bombers on Barents Sea mission met by Russian fighter jet

A pair of US Air Force B-1B strategic bombers supported by tanker planes flew over Norway and international airspace in the Norwegian- and Barents Seas in the direction of Russia's Kola Peninsula on Sunday. A MiG-31 fighter jet was scrambled from an airbase in the Murmansk region to meet the US bombers, Russia’s Defense Ministry informs in the afternoon on Sunday. According to the ministry, the US bombers approached but turned away from Russian airspace.

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