Saturday, November 29, 2008

Vladimir Putin Rears His Head Over Alaska

If those Russian flyboys aren't careful, Caribou Barbie will make moose stew out of them, you betcha!

LTC Vladimir Drik told the press that two TU-95MS strategic bombers carried out a patrol in neutral waters around Alaska on Thursday. The LTC noted that, "The Long Range Aviation crews were escorted during their patrol for an hour by two F-15 interceptors above the Arctic Ocean of the Alaskan littoral".

The TU-95s flew out of Ukrainka Air Force base. Aerial refueling was conducted during the flight. As of now the crews have successfully landed at their permanent base. The TU-95MSs were in the air more than 15 hours.


This is kind of a poke in the eye by the Russians, who are fully aware that Thursday was one of the great American holidays. This says to me that the Russians are poking us to let us know that they are still there and are doing it in a way to irritate us.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Kind of how that American Destroyer visited Sevastopol on November the 7th...

Russian Navy Blog said...

Good point. Touche.

Anonymous said...

Calling any holiday of a country that has existed less than 300 years "great" is a joke, and a tasteless one.

Anonymous said...

Jealous much?

Anonymous said...

Yep, I am jealous. So jealous that I would rather live in Pyongyang than Pennsylvania. You, meanwhile, might have to eat derivatives instead of turkey for next T-giving.

Anonymous said...

Holiday should be something sacred, right? Not in America. System is trying to make you spend all of your money during "holidays". Only thing that counts is money. Well, my dear Americans, if you don't have respect for yourself why anyone else should have it for you?

Anonymous said...

Dude, no posts for a week? Everything ok?