Two strategic missile carriers Tu-160 completed a multi-hour planned flight over neutral waters of the Barents, Norwegian and Northern Seas waters, the Russian Defense Ministry told Interfax on Monday.
“The crews of the MiG-31 fighters carried out the aviation support for long-range aircraft, the flight duration was more than 13 hours. During the flight, the crews of the strategic missile carriers Tu-160 performed refueling in the air,” the defense department said.
The Ministry of Defense notes that “at some stages of the route Russian planes were accompanied by Eurofighter Typhoon fighters of the British Air Force and F-16 of the Belgian Air Force.”
Long-range aviation pilots regularly fly over the neutral waters of the Arctic, the North Atlantic, the Black and Caspian Seas, and the Pacific.
All the flights of the airspace planes of Russia are carried out in accordance with the International Rules for the use of airspace without violating the borders of other states, added the defense department.
