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Thursday, March 15, 2012

''Russian jet buzzes Panetta, Kyryg Republic base''

From 'There are no Sunglasses'

"As Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta early Wednesday prepared to take off from this remote outpost in Central Asia for a visit to Afghanistan, the deafening sound of a war plane flying low and fast was heard directly overhead.
One of the US fighter planes escorting his Air Force C-17 to the war zone?
Nope.
It was a Russian military jet buzzing the airfield in a Cold War-style flyover to let the American defense chief know that Moscow was watching him – and a stark reminder of the Russian government’s displeasure with the US military presence in its backyard."

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