“F-15 Eagle fighters intercept two Soviet MiG-29 fighters.” Photographed over the Bering Sea by Kevin L. Bishop, August 1, 1989.
Larger version. Found via this collection of contrails, booms and vortices.
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“F-15 Eagle fighters intercept two Soviet MiG-29 fighters.” Photographed over the Bering Sea by Kevin L. Bishop, August 1, 1989.
Larger version. Found via this collection of contrails, booms and vortices.
Incredible. How was the photo taken?
rjmadden,
Using the gun camera of another F-15 – one of four engaging the MiGs. Apparently, though, it was a friendly welcome. The aircraft were on their way to an international air show.
Ahhh…. of course. I should have followed the link.
Wow and wow.
‘Apparently, though, it was a friendly welcome’.
With fast-jet pilots, encounters such as this aren’t entirely ‘friendly’. In this case it was probably a case of ‘Welcome comrades, in the interests of glasnost, to US airspace. Please don’t forget that it’s ours, and today you’re guests’.
It’s such an awesome pic. Here’s one without contrails.
http://files.air-attack.com/MIL/eurofighter/ef_tu95bear_20070822.jpg
I’m astonished at the quality of the shot, if that’s from a gun camera!
Gorgeous.
Well, the contrail image lasted as my new desktop for about as long as it took to click on sackcloth and ashes’ image of the Eurofighter and the Bear.