April 19, 2019, Unsafe Russian intercept of 6th Fleet U.S. Navy P-8A above the Mediterranean Sea

April 19, 2019, Unsafe Russian intercept of 6th Fleet U.S. Navy P-8A in international airspace above the Mediterranean Sea. A Russian aircraft conducted high-speed, high-powered maneuvers within 25 feet of a U.S. P-8A, which put the crews of both aircraft in harm’s way. For the second time in four days, Russian pilots flew in an unsafe and unprofessional manner while intercepting a U.S. Navy P-8A Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft in U.S. Sixth Fleet, 19 April, 2020. On April 19, 2020, a U.S. Nav