Alaskan F-15/Tu-95 Bear Intercept

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[@Airrage88]

The funniest thing is the friendships that developed between the bear crews and the pilots sent to intercept them. It got so out of hand that the Soviets sent commissars to keep an eye on the bear crews but the crews would make them buckle up for "turbulence" so they could see their American pals.

[@JC130676]

It's even worse. I've heard that there's a narrow, dark, dusty, crawlspace leading from the Bear's cockpit to the rear gunner cupola. The F-15 would fly beside the cockpit and the security official would prevent the cockpit crew from communicating in any way. Then the F-15 would drop back so the official would have to crawl to the rear like crazy to watch the tail gunner. When he got there, the F-15 would move forward again... After a couple of repeats everone was grinning, except the official of course who by then would be quite dirty and sweaty...

[@F5Storm1]

Americans love their Russian comrades, dont let politicians divide us.

[@Ma007rk]

During that time these people were supposed to be our "sworn" enemies. What a load of propaganda. The people weren't much different that we were. They had families, loved ones, hopes and dreams just like we did. They wanted to work a full day, and then go home to their wives and families. Neither side really wanted war. There were scumbags among them, and there were decent people among them, the same as over here. They were not the "enemy". Both Governments, quite frankly were the enemy.

[@jameslyddall]

Ma007rk I have no idea why but I was reading that in a captain picard voice. Makes your comment so much more impactful lol. True what you said though.

[@MyPrivateMusic]

Airrage88 and now we’re helping each other during the Virus. Russia sent us equipment when the virus was here, and now we get to help them out. I have a bunch of great friends that I’ve made thru a dog owners group. Side note they spoil their pups just as much as we do 🐶 #dog #собака

[@noelstefanson9600]

this is absolutley epic, a russian tailgunner waving to an intercepting f-15. Best thing ive seen all day

[@Tengri30]

They do this everyday til now. And when the Russians wanna turn back on Russia, they go with a salute. The same with US Pilots. Soldiers respect each other. For example, my uncle was a F-16 pilot at Bandırma, Turkey and they intercepted Greek F-16 on a daily base. He told me that the Pilots were often the same and they developed a friendship with them. They intercepted each other, talked via comms about live & love mostly. Upon returning to base, they saluted each other. There were also nationalist dumbasses trying to provoke a situation on both sides but most Pilots were decent people. After his Airforce times he also managed to meet some of the greek Pilots and they still have contact with each other. They became good friends.

[@subisays]

Most 80's music ever

[@Legitcar117]

Biplav S I know! It’s awesome

[@tvtechnicaldirector]

It’s the computer chronicles theme song!

[@billyruff2076]

Totally radical, and gnarly 😜

[@hanz.get.ze.panzerfaust4000]

That music gives off ace combat vibes😂

[@mobiusone6154]

@@hanz.get.ze.panzerfaust4000 I see you're an Ace Combat fan as well

[@usafvet100]

I served in the 5072nd ABS at Galena, AK 1983-84. Our 2 F-15s made us the closest intercepter base to the former CCCP, and intercepts such as these were our mission. The Bears would regularly overfly our airspace to clock our reaction times and see if we were on the ball. Radar would pick up the bogies, then the Eagles would scramble and go up to have a look-see. "You boys lost? You turn left at the Bering Straits and keep going. Now scramsky!"

[@77Avadon77]

lol crazy

[@derekwall200]

how many times did the USSR pull this non-sense and were the TU-95s armed at all?

[@josemoreno3334]

I was TDY at Galene in 1981. We were working on the telephone cables. I remember seeing the F-15s taking off at all hours of the day or night. What a sight to see. Bear hunting they called it. I will remember that the rest of my life.

[@cjsteele9594]

Eielson AFB 343 SPS, We were always on alert back in those days, The Cold War days!!

[@davecrupel2817]

"scramzky" Love it 😂

[@kristenburnout1]

The tu-95 is such a beautiful, exotic aircraft with those long swept wings, the pencil thin fuselage, and the massive engines with the contraprops.

[@mikeyboy3054]

Beautiful aircraft.

[@indahf.freztiyana824]

I've see 'this bear' in person up close, during their visit to Indonesia... Man, that thing incredibly huge, even my dad was wondering, how can it even fly...

[@luisgonzales9660]

beatiful tu-95

[@luchatrokaalvaradoguajardo5185]

and flying as always from 1960-2020 and many more years here at 850- 900 km / h and on mission very far from home

[@isleman9473]

Funny story: Inexperienced Bear driver wanders into US airspace and gets chased out. US intercept pilot comes in close, starts taking pictures of Bear crew member in blister. Russian pilot says to his controller "U.S. pilot is taking pictures of us--what should I do?" Controller waits a beat, and says "Smile"!

[@dixiejuche1703]

What a beautiful aircraft. They aren't made like her anymore.

[@TisLasagnus]

Which one?

[@xevnoc]

haha, the tail gunner waiving. good stuff.

[@RADIOACTIVEBUNY]

Apparently the screwing around (waving, joking, stuff like that) got so bad that they sent up commissars with the Soviet pilots. They'd shake the controls, say they had turbulence, and the commissar would go into the back where he couldn't see them and they'd keep messing around.

[@YIIMM]

I've heard instances where NATO pilots would get in on the joke and creep forwards and backwards to force the commissar to go back and forth in the plane just to stop the crew waving.

[@davidtruegrit]

god bless russia, god bless usa, may we find peace and harmony between our nations, sincerely.

[@fixanypc]

As long as liberals push a wedge between the nations it will never happen

[@tessemi]

dave johnson not so sure about that anymore.

[@JoshtheBackwoodsStoryteller]

Welp, this comment didn't age well...

[@CGDubz87]

@@JoshtheBackwoodsStoryteller It just keep aging more and more poorly lmao

[@BOEING--mh6xm]

Wellllllll

[@davidtruegrit]

May there always be peace between our nations, im american, born and raised, but i have very good friends also in russia.

[@Peizxcv]

15000km / 9400miles range. Good thing the F-15 don't plan on to tag along.

[@eddiehaskell1957]

Peichen01 before they run out fuel, the could fire a couple of sidewinders. That would cut their range quite a bit.

[@Nighthawke70]

Even the MiG 31's had a package tagging along. They would send a flight of 3, two Foxhounds, and a air refueling tanker. They startled NORAD the first time they pulled that off.

[@danahan01]

I don't care what anyone says, the TU-95 is on of the meanest looking birds in the sky. I have heard that the TU-95 is so loud, the F-15 crews can actually here the roar of the counter rotating turboprops from inside the cockpit of the fighter. I also read that the aircrews of the TU-95 will suffer hearing loss if they fly for extended periods of time even with a headset on.

[@largelysubatomic]

The Russian pilot drinking a Coca Cola HAHAHA

[@player101player101]

Here's a joke: US scientist invented a computer that can tell the future. Obama decides to try it out. - Ok, computer, first question: Would WW3 happen? - Yes. - Second question: Will The United States survive the WW3? - Yes. Obama decides to fool around: - How much will a Coca Cola cost after the war? - 10 rubles.

[@roneycorrea]

player101player101 hahahahahaaahah!

[@cobraglatiator]

player101player101 for all our dick mesuring and russias "anti american!!" it turns out in WW3 we're comrades!! ha!

[@player101player101]

cobraglatiator It just turns out that according to the computer Russia will win the WW3 ;)

[@cobraglatiator]

player101player101 but,america survives? i guess it just means the continent still exists!

[@robertfeeley6303]

The Bear is the loudest airplane in the world. It imitates it's parents.

[@HMrory]

I want this music as my ringtone.

[@cl0vvntiem]

What's amazing is the physical endurance of the aircrew in the Bear. Those cockpits are as uncomfortable as WWII era aircraft, and they can fly that thing from Murmansk to Cuba.

[@airshowkg]

I have the video which shows this clip. It was part of a segment about the Alaskan Air Command at Elmendorf AFB during the 80s. The vhs that contains it is from Military Aircraft Video Report, Vol. 2 and No. 2. Always a great series.

[@youreverydayyankee7568]

I’ve always wanted to see the TU-95 use it’s tail guns. They have the same guns as the IL-76, there’s footage of those, but I just wanna see the Bear!

[@stormworks4882]

its 2020 and im in an aircraft fan facebook page. people still post photos of these intercepts taking place and are suprised. im like theyve been doing this for 30 years, its a tradition.

[@DAIadvisor]

I think Americans just like to look at TU-95 because it's such an awesome plane!

[@draoi99]

The Bear is such a badass looking plane.

[@krisv4265]

Imagine that flying over your house!

[@Mikaruzamazu]

i seen a lots of time lol

[@michmvp]

I was aboard USS Independence in The Med 1970-71. We often had Bears coming over to spy and, if possible disrupt flight ops. Our Phantoms would run the intercepts and try to turn them away. If they didn't take gentle hints to turn they had a trick that was quite successful. One of the Phantoms would drop their gear and flaps then get in tight in front of one of their wings then go into afterburner. If everything went right the F4's exhaust would cause one or both of the Bear's engines to flame out forcing a turn. One time it didn't work and that Bear came right down into the pattern. What a sight! That big Bear bracketed by 4 F4's coming right towards the fantail during our launch operations. They sent a guy out to the fantail to fire flares and they put the ship into an emergency turn.

[@justforever96]

That is totally believable and plausible. Zero sarcasm either. Just a routine day on operations, with various pilots performing highly dangerous stunts, risking their own planes and an international incident with the enemy. What else would you expect.

[@user-mm1nt1it5v]

Haha right this is complete bullshit. Maybe u were there, maybe u werent, maybe u even heard this on the ship, but it was bullshit and whoever lied to you alllll those years ago never thought that u would have believed it for the next 30 years lol. You must have been that gullible kid that the pilots fucked with, not knowing youd actually believe it and post it on youtube decades later hahaha. Some of the shit I told people was completely made up bullshit too I wonder if in 30 years one of my junior Marines will post something I completely made up as fact too. You were getting ur balls busted and you actually believed it for the next 3 decades oooook

[@terranampire6077]

There's gotta be footage or a photo of that somewhere.

[@michmvp]

@@terranampire6077 I remember seeing some at the time. We're talking 52 years ago.

[@280StJohnsPl]

While in the Navy, my ship was overflown by a very low-flying Bear. What an aircraft ! We laughed and gave the Russian aircrew the finger and also waved They probably did the same....couldn't tell as it was hard to see them in the cockpit and gunner's position :)

[@frjoethesecond]

+John D Damn. That must have been loud as fuck.

[@sloiselle1]

I find the TU-95 beautiful but I sure wouldn't want to have to be fighting a war in one. It's like the B-36, awesome plane, awesome looking, but it seems like it might be a sitting duck for even a 30 year-old fighter jet, let alone a modern one.

[@nasir_salam]

The F-18 is about that old

[@sachachoiniere5698]

The F-15C “the king of intercept of the 80’s»

[@Fenncer24]

If I remember right I saw this in the summer of 1983 or 1984 when is 13-14 yesrs old on channel 12 news in Phoenix, AZ as a news article when tensions were high between the US and Soviet Union. Interceps were fairly common, but sometimes tense. Wow nearly 40 years ago for me, how time flies. Fun fact about the Tu-95 Bear. During some Interceps the Bear or Bears would slow down making the Interceptor-s slow to keep station with them. When the fighter did this the Pilots of the Bears would go full throttle and rocket away leaving the fighters behind to catch up. Sounds crazy but is true. One question. Were there any nightime Interceps or just daytime? If at night you gotta think that was dangerous and nerve racking. Thanks

[@RaulMAnderson101-pr6cj]

was all this choreographed? Seems like they're in a air parade together...just chilling.

[@starfluke]

@DAIadvisor Agreed. Wikipedia says this is still the world's fastest propellar driven aircraft, and maybe the loudest.

[@scottolson6310]

The good ole days of the Cold War. I was stationed at Elmendorf AFB 1985-1988. Find memories!!!

[@WThomas66]

I lived this for 12 months in King Salmon! (1989)

[@garyodle5663]

I was there 1977. Senior Director of radar combat crew. We intercepted Bears and Badgers.

[@JABelms]

@xaviourte And about the Tu-144, that was actually a confusing time. There was a funny story on when the USSR and the Brits had a meeting and the Russians layed out the plans for their new jet airliner, the British jaw dropped as they had the same designs being carried out for the Concorde.I dont think its really espionage, but it is a fact that the Tu-144 first flew weeks before the Concorde did. Tu-154,B-727,Trident were three look alikes that time :)

[@KiloByte69]

On this episode of Computer Chronicles...

[@LeonAllanDavis]

Something a lot of people don't realize... Most everyone thinks the US has two borders: Canada and Mexico... We have three: Canada, Mexico, and Russia... With Russia, it's a maritime border...right down the middle between Little Diomede and Big Diomede... The International Date Line... You can paddle a kayak between the two islands...

[@Thomlistentoslayer]

ugh at the cheesy 80's porn music

[@Patrick_OWheresmypants]

I would watch that. (Soviet Bomber Captain) "Hey baby, I'd love to show you my 'missile'." (U.S.Pilots) "Ohh, let us get in on this 'action'". Bow chicka bow wow.

[@Thomlistentoslayer]

Dylan Tucker hahahaha this music is just soo terrible

[@frjoethesecond]

What kind of porn? I could imagine it in a game show, but hardly porn.

[@bridgecross]

It's not really "wakka-wah" porn music, it's more like "chikki-chi" MacGyver's-building-something music.

[@gabel5188]

perhaps some people get a hard on with computer chronicles theme music lol!

[@freekuwait1000]

The F-15 and the Tu-95 are like a couple going out on a date.

[@alabamathingies5337]

When I was about 17 I played football and one of these flew over and I was almost deafened. It was at least, 300-400 Feet above.

[@cobraglatiator]

AwesomeMarines it's pretty fuckin' loud, i hear.

[@GustavLindstroem]

Goddamn that Tu 95 is HUGE! One of the coolest of the big birds from the Cold war, no doubt.

[@AshtonCoolman]

The Computer Chronicles theme is confusing my brain.

[@F5Storm1]

Russians and Americans hanging out as long as their bosses didn't notice, there's a true friendship between the East and West that politicians don't like

[@punman5392]

Fastest propeller driven aircraft ever produced

[@rubbing2001]

I served at King Salmon Airport Alaska in 1977 and experienced a soviet bear bomber landing at King Salmon with an inflight emergency of low fuel. We had F-4 Phantoms at the time. Greg-Phoenix

[@mytmousemalibu]

Looks like they were still getting their gas from the A model at the time of this videos creation. Surprised to see the KC-135A and not an E model.

[@LRRPFco52]

There’s a video about the F-15 that I think these clips are from that is definitely in the A model time frame. Almost all of the tail serials I saw in the original video are early production As, which is most likely why you see 3x 600 gallon tanks on these. The paint job on As was a little lighter as well. Cs were in production at the time of the video filming, but might have been going to Bitburg, Soesteberg, and Kadena first. Someone from Eagle units at the time would need to pipe in. We were at Edwards and West Germany during the filming associated more with developmental programs, so the F-15s we had at Edwards were A models with upcoming C model avionics being tested in them on the F-15 CTF with really early A and TF-15A (B model) airframes. Biggest changes were the Digital Signals Processing Fire Control Radar computer and added fuel cells in the wings to bring the combat radius up. A model was a better BFM machine, but BVR was really the F-15’s forte and it was the fighter to beat in that space until F-22A showed up.

[@sebaz1982]

Nobody dares to mess with the beautiful bear and the family in Mother Russia

[@MrHotSalt]

The United States did similar things. For part of the Cold War, policy was to keep a portion of the bombers in the air 24/7 and never more than a couple hours away from the Soviet Union to provide for rapid retaliation capability.

[@Nighthawke70]

Early Bear hunts near Norway involved subsonic fighter intercepts. Then the English Electric Lightning came into play. Boy, were the Bears surprised at that, being being caught further out than the Scimitars, by this odd-looking swept wing monstrosity. Most Bear flights are of the maritime reconnaissance type, looking for boats in trouble. Save for the odd H model, which is always looking for trouble.

[@22fret]

Is it possible to slow down the TU-95 to make the F-15s stall? That would make interception quite difficult...

[@datamasked623]

+22fret Depends on the load its carrying. Fully laden with bombs I doubt you could slow down a Tu-95 very much without gravity doing what it does best. At least not at cruise altitude...air is awfully thin up there.

[@datamasked623]

***** What?

[@ElitestPirate]

+22fret Jesus christ this comment chain is on the moon or something. According to some random wanker on Yahoo Answers -- the stall speed of the F-15 is something like 150 km/h. From what I know about heavyweight multi-engine aircraft like the Tupolev... the stall-speed is going to be much, much higher. The sheer weight of the aircraft necessitates that it be travelling much faster in order to maintain lift. So, no. Even a modern heavyweight fighter-jet like the F-15 is likely to outstall a Tu-95.

[@evs251]

+ElitestPirate Wrong. Because of the wingspan they can fly longer with lower speeds

[@SamuraiPie8111]

+22fret if you purposely tried to stall an aircraft that's from the airspace you're near, they'd prolly shoot you down.

[@bazkhan1134]

What a wonderful proud flight ✈️ of bear .

[@tht1drnkrussian]

it's a long range patrol, it's like sending an aircraft carrier battlegroup to some place in the world's oceans for a deployment

[@davidbell7091]

the reason the interceptors did not get closer is because the bear is just too stinking loud

[@ironroad18]

Basically they do it (have done it for 40+) years to test the reaction time of our interceptors, to monitor our radar returns and radio traffic, and to see if they could find in soft spots in our air defense. More importantly there is the political "saber rattling" aspect to it as well. Letting us know they can reach us and that we can hunt them.

[@xaviourte]

@999cheetos999 Yes it is true it flew before concorde, but dont forget that they rushed the job. part of the reason theyre was those retractable wing in the front was because of they could not reproduce correctly the particular wing form of the concorde. Also by rushing to try to beat concorde some say it cause the bourget air show crash of the tu144. Some say it was a mirage but who know. but also tu144 could not and that was the bigger thing, supercruise. it had to use afterburner always

[@osuna3525]

"and it ALL culminates at the moment the Bear, is finally sighted..." (deploy's cheesy 80's action music)

[@bombarderoazul]

You don't want to get behind a TU-95 in flight because of the massive propeller wash coming from those powerful turboprops.

[@RobWillmot]

These Soviet planes can go 1000 k/h. No other prop plane can do that.

[@xaviourte]

@kenntracie youre actually a bit wrong, russian plane are usually copied from american plane, but the bear is actually one that wasnt really copied. the best one that they copied was if i remember well, the tupolev 3 (i think) wich was from the b29 the tupolev tu144 copy of concorde, tu154 copy of b727 but the bear is not a cpy of anything i think

[@humvee600]

@wingatewolf, n yet the B-52 is jet powered n the TU-95 is turbo propped

[@MotoGuzzi7]

I agree; Yes, you are able to fly for hours on a thousand dollars"?". Yes; T-95's do very well. An F15 can cross all your "T's" and dot all your "I's" in less than a second. "zdravstvuitye " or "privyet" my friend.

[@macfahad]

Fuck the Bear, I'm more intrigued by watching the two beautiful birds fly - F-15 Eagles

[@dann2284]

no, they just escort the bear in intl airspace. they do theire photo shoot, say hello, and get back to the base, but radar continue to track the target.

[@maratzvizdets1208]

The F-15s flying to close, are they not?

[@StaticImage]

+mampocob mampoc Not close enough, because the fucking thing is still in the air.

[@jdoggybizzle]

license and registration please.

[@vonkaunaz]

@rustygun001: Most of them? Hmm...no. Of the dozens and dozens, maybe hundreds of military plane types designed in the USSR only 1 was reverse engineered: the Tu-4 heavy bomber (taken from the B-29).

[@bittemeinrammstein]

in real war (echo) the Bear would fire its cruise missiles about 2,000 miles from its target... far outside a fighter intercept range

[@november2076]

I watched this on a DVD!

[@definitelyjustcj4148]

The name? I remember watching this too but I forgot

[@november2076]

@@definitelyjustcj4148 Jets of the U.S. Air Force

[@aracaen]

keep in mind that the blackjack was based on many of the same design parameters that lead to our own B-1

[@OSTARAEB4]

Agreed. Both sides play this very dangerous game. The stakes are clearly too high as miscalculation could lead to world destruction. The MAD doctrine both sides adopted during the 1950's-1980's has kept the peace. What would we/they gain by a nuclear war? We've now witnessed threats have taken on a whole new meaning with proliferation and potential dirty bomb scenarios. Although a potent nuclear armed country, I think we've come to realize other forms such as suitcase terrorism and eco war.

[@sundevilification]

"cat's eye" intercept. good idea.

[@bilko1971]

Ha! they give us zip in the way of new information by sending the bear but we hand them our newest and best on a plate lol. Good vid i was looking for an intercept after seeing this months combat aircraft magazine.

[@XLordLeamingtonX]

Cool plane, I like the old Soviet stuff. Blackjack bomber is awesome too

[@LateNightCable]

Performance wise, you get what you pay for. An equally rated turbofan is likely to return greater speed. That said, the TU-95 is an exceptional aircraft, as there are no other turboprops quite like it. $1,000 per 1.6 flight hours, very different than hours and hours. And that doesn't take into consideration such things as the cost of air crew, and all ground maintenance, unless that's paid for in chewing gum.

[@isleman9473]

You probably wouldn't want to fly in one; noise and vibration must be massive. Also, Russian aircraft have not been designed with crew comfort in mind.

[@rhpiggy123]

Cool video

[@mytymse]

No. The airframe is origninaly designed as a 707 which was designed before the 747.

[@LohmQuiReve]

2:53 hello !

[@askhowiknow5527]

I'm okay receiving a visit from the Soviets, I would just like a heads up so I can put on the kettle and vacuum the rug.

[@williameadie8550]

I wish the Russian and American crews could hold reunions and trade peace stories. The crews in the opposing planes had more in common with each other than they ever had with their respective political overlords.

[@JABelms]

@xaviourte Its also funny when they actually called the TU-144 Konkordski. Aerospatiale also made alot of fake documents to stop the Soviets from stealing the right information. The Concorde was the fastest jet transport that time and the best, but dont forget the Tu-144 gave the stepping stone the impressive Tu-160.

[@LRRPFco52]

Tu-160 was built using technical data stolen/given to them from the B-1A program. After they got as much B-1A TDP as possible, they leaned on their stooges inside the US to kill the B-1A, including a new self-admitted pedophile Senator they helped get elected in the State of Delaware in 1972. After he took office in January 1973, he flew to the Soviet Union to meet with senior leadership in Leningrad, then returned to the US with one primary mission being to kill the B-1A, which he and others did along with Carter in 1977. His name was Joseph Biden.

[@0HippyHunter0]

If I had an F15 I'd go look at TU-95's, thats for sure.

[@mrodrig9095]

What's the name of this documentary?

[@TEHGROUND]

Technically they're both jet powered.

[@wootle]

Lol @ the music :D

[@lolzore]

AeroNevin soo typically 80s!

[@DW-cs6vy]

Chris Bush Those shit happens even today, That is not a 80s case

[@lolzore]

D.W1988 haha no the music that kicks in after a minute

[@jadegecko]

AeroNevin I saw all of these when I was a kid. It is totally these peoples' fault that when I hear "take on me" I think of F-15s

[@captainsalazar8096]

Theme song from the tv programme "Computer Chronicles" you find episodes here in youtube.

[@veracruzamlo481]

Que gran bombardero el ruso con su poder y su autonomía de vuelo fantástico increible

[@Valyn66]

I see your B-52 super-fortress and raise you a B-2 Spirit.

[@JohnMaverick42]

I didn't realize the Russians kept their tail-guns... Would make mince-meat out of some unsuspecting hotshot fighter pilot going for a guns kill. Though in its many years the Bear has never had an air to air kill like B-52s did when they still had tail cannons

[@ShopeeMarketteam]

It's a Bear H, it can drop a Russian Lada at 60 000 ft

[@Flackerr]

That is really a scary plane! :p

[@MigMFITheBest]

poor american pilot, bear flying free in american space, proud pilots, good machine (f-15) hahaha

[@22fret]

beeroosterm What's the problem? The Cold War is over...

[@MajesticSkywhale]

ever play a video game where you are so much better and more heavily armed than your weaker opponent that you don't kill them / play with them to be nice / playful / because true power means sometimes not using it? That's what this is like, mate, they weren't just flying freely xD. TURRET GUNNERS in the bomber vs jets with missiles that can kill them from miles away :D

[@derekwall200]

Patrick Sain hooyah to that bro

[@MajesticSkywhale]

Patrick Sain shut up you are just some 12 year old that doesn't even know what he's talking about :P sure america has better everything, since we are a (pseudo-)democracy and have way more money than them. Russia has a GDP the size of california. But to not consider them an actual threat is fucking stupid, you're a moron.

[@NeutronRob]

All intercepts occurred in international air space. The Bears would approach Alaskan air space but never violate.

[@mrvishal1000]

@Ariel Levi And yet there are no bombers tht have range and versality of the tu-95 and the b-52

[@secondmouse1990]

What is this from? Would love to see this in, Ya know, better then 240.

[@jadegecko]

Mmmm... the Military Aircraft Video Report. I remember these from when I was, like, six.

[@LateNightCable]

I'd like to see that video, where is it? Anyway, the old saying - you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink, applies to Iraqi forces. We train them well, but if they don't get it, it's no fault of ours. Just as important as good training, they have to want it, to be receptive to it. But that's not to say there aren't some very dedicated Iraqis.

[@oliverempleo5065]

another russian bear is growling ang sending his morning greetings to the american people reminding them " hello americans,goodmorning,we're here flying near you together with some nuclear bombs and some state of the art and hi-tech missiles to fire at you if in case you mess with us.I hope you can sleep well,relax and have a nice day"!

[@bombarderoazul]

B-52 has 8 jet engines.

[@AmericanAirlinesRule]

And besides, nobody wanted to start an all-out war.

[@BunchyFishin]

your actually wrong the japanese actually did take a couple small islands in alaska and we had to fight for them back!

[@LateNightCable]

The emerging wealthy in Russia will fall into there own traps of excess. But if the U.S. suffers, everyone suffers to some degree, because America is just that vital to the global economy, and also the very reason why our nation won't stay down. War is always wasteful, but we and our allies are accomplishing things in Iraq, and especially Afghanistan, that even the Soviets couldn't do. In Iraq, we're training them, and providing an environment where they can ultimately protect themselves.

[@LateNightCable]

Only time will tell.