Watch This Russian Flanker Buzz Another At High Altitude In This Crazy Cockpit Video

Updated Dec 11, 2017 5:27 AM EST

There have been accusations made recently by Russia regarding a potentially explosive encounter in Syrian airspace between their tactical aircraft and U.S. fighters, namely, F-22 Raptors .The Pentagon says they have no clue what Russia is talking about and that the claimed encounter didn’t happen. They went on to detail how many times on the day in question Russian aircraft crossed unannounced into “deconfliction zones” assigned to the U.S. and the coalition (nine times). This new flurry of “he said-she said” is set among a near endless series of so called or “unprofessional” intercepts between Russian fighters and American and allied aircraft that have occurred over the last three years.

These incident reports have gotten so regular that we no longer report on them unless something about them is especially odd or if they may have greater geopolitical ramifications. But it seems that Russian pilots don’t like to fly “very dynamically” just around foreign aircraft, they also to buzz their own brethren up in the flight levels as the fairly awesome video below shows.

ものっそいコントレイル曳きまくりのSu-30SM。 良いなぁ・・・良いス。 pic.twitter.com/XCCtulKqw0 — act (@zaylog) December 11, 2017

ものっそいコントレイル曳きまくりのSu-30SM。 良いなぁ・・・良いス。 pic.twitter.com/XCCtulKqw0

The aircraft being buzzed appears to be an Su-30, while the one doing the flyby is likely an Su-35. Both aircraft are clearly armed with an air-to-air loadout, including R-73s, R-27s, and on the Su-30, what appears to be an R-77—otherwise known as the “Amraamski.” Both aircraft also carry “Khibiny” electronic warfare pods on their wingtips. The R-77 is of unique interest because it hasn’t been seen too often flying on Russian aircraft over Syria, at least not until relatively recently. And Syria is possibly, if not probably, where this video was shot.

As for the big question on your mind—”was this safe?”—without getting too deep into the weeds here, let’s just say that American crews don’t seem to make parallel, maneuvering, high-speed passes on each other at that distance. The Russian Air Force may have a different tolerance for this sort of thing and that’s their prerogative. But the video may lend a little more credibility to the claims of U.S. and allied aircrews who say that Russian Flanker derivatives have performed all types of “unprofessional” flybys and aerobatics around their aircraft while flying in international or “neutral” airspace.

But without digging into too much conjecture, above all else it does make for an awesome video!

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更新于美国东部时间2017年12月11日凌晨5:27。

俄罗斯近日指责其战术飞机与美国战斗机（特别是F-22猛禽战斗机）在叙利亚领空发生潜在冲突。五角大楼表示，他们对俄罗斯的说法一无所知，并称所谓的冲突根本没有发生。五角大楼还详细说明了事发当天俄罗斯战机未经通报擅自闯入美国及其盟军划定的“冲突降级区”的次数（共九次）。这一系列“各执一词”的争论，是过去三年中俄罗斯战机与美国及其盟军战机之间近乎无穷无尽的所谓或“不专业”拦截事件的一部分。

这类事件报告已经司空见惯，除非其中有特别蹊跷之处，或者可能产生重大的地缘政治影响，否则我们不再进行报道。但似乎俄罗斯飞行员不仅喜欢在外国飞机周围“非常活跃地”飞行，他们还会像下面这段相当精彩的视频所示，在飞行高度上低空掠过本国飞机。

ものっそいコントロイル曳きまくりのSu-30SM。良いなぁ・・・良いsu。 pic.twitter.com/XCCtulKqw0 — act (@zaylog) 2017 年 12 月 11 日

ものっそいコントライル曳きまくりのSu-30SM。良いなぁ・・・良いsu。pic.twitter.com/XCCtulKqw0

被骚扰的飞机似乎是苏-30，而进行低空掠过的飞机很可能是苏-35。两架飞机显然都携带了空对空导弹，包括R-73、R-27，苏-30上似乎还挂载了一枚R-77导弹——也就是俗称的“阿姆拉姆斯基”（Amraamski）。两架飞机的翼尖都挂载了“希比尼”（Khibiny）电子战吊舱。R-77导弹尤其引人注目，因为至少在最近一段时间之前，它很少出现在俄罗斯飞机飞越叙利亚的画面中。而这段视频很可能就是在叙利亚拍摄的。

至于你最关心的问题——“这样做安全吗？”——我们暂且不深入探讨细节，简单来说，美国机组人员似乎不会在如此近的距离上进行平行、机动、高速的近距离飞行。俄罗斯空军可能对此类行为有不同的容忍度，这是他们的权利。但这段视频或许能为美国及其盟国飞行员的说法增添一些可信度，他们声称俄罗斯的侧卫战斗机衍生机型曾在国际空域或“中立”空域进行各种“不专业”的低空飞行和特技飞行。

但抛开过多推测不谈，最重要的是，这确实是一段很棒的视频！

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