According to the center, MiG-31 escorted the US plane until it was far enough away from the Russian border.
© Sputnik / Nina Padalko / Go to the mediabankMiG-31 interceptor fighter takes off during a training flight at the State Centre for the Training of Aviation Personnel and Military Tests of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation n.a. V.P. Chkalova in Lipetsk
MiG-31 interceptor fighter takes off during a training flight at the State Centre for the Training of Aviation Personnel and Military Tests of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation n.a. V.P. Chkalova in Lipetsk
© Sputnik / Nina Padalko
/ Earlier in October, MiG-31 and Su-35 escorted two Rockwell B-1 Lancer bombers.
NATO aircraft have intensified reconnaissance activities near the Russian border over the past months. Moscow has warned that such regular flights by US and NATO aircraft near Russia's border poses the risk of accidental escalation.