Pentagon: Russian Flanker Had Near Miss With U.S. Air Force Jet

An American military surveillance aircraft barely escaped a deadly mid-air collision with a Russian fighter jet in the skies above the north Pacific, further inflaming tensions between the former Cold War adversaries. The incident reportedly took place in late April, 60 miles off the Russian coastline, where the Air Force RC-135 intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft was conducting routine operations in the region, Defense Department officials disclosed this week. The American aircraft was flying in international airspace when it encountered a Russian Su-27 fighter over the Sea of Okhotsk. The Air Force plane took evasive maneuvers to avoid hitting the

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