Lives ‘put at risk’ as Russian fighter buzzes USAF MC-12W over Syria

Pentagon officials have said lives were ‘put at risk’ when a Sukhoi Su-35S Flanker-E fighter jet from the Russian Aerospace Forces (RuAF) came perilously close to a USAF intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft over Syria. A USAF-operated MC-12W Liberty assigned to the Oklahoma ANG's 137th Special Operations Wing (SOW) rests in a hangar at San Angelo Regional Airport-Mathis Field, Texas, on August 24, 2022. USAF/Airman 1st Class Zachary HeimbuchReports say that on July 16, the Su-35S performed a dangerous