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February 12th, 2008
Posted: 04:30 AM ET
MOSCOW (CNN) — Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that there was no violation of flight regulations during a weekend incident in which a Russian bomber flew low over a U.S. aircraft carrier in the western Pacific. A ministry official said the flights are standard operating procedure for air force training. A second bomber was about 50 miles away, and the other two were at least 100 miles away, the military said. Military officials said four F-18A fighter jets from the Nimitz were in the air. Russian bombers have been making flights over the western Pacific for several months. Late last year, an F-15A came across a Tupolev-95 very close to the Alaskan shoreline. |
 
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