Russia embarrasses NATO and the US Air Force

Published September 1, 2020 12:35pm ET



What is going on at NATO’s Allied Air Command?

I ask that question in light of two successful Russian operations against NATO and the U.S. Air Forces in Europe last Friday. In both incidents, Russian navy fighter jets were able to hold U.S. B-52 bombers at risk. In one, Russia was able to successfully penetrate a NATO member state’s sovereign air space and thus also NATO’s air defense network.

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