Russian Jet Flies Wingtip To Wingtip With Reaper Drone Over Syria

Didn't see anything wingtip to wingtip. Did that footage end up on electronic equivalent of the cutting room floor?

Gosh, that WAS close, wasn't it?!?!

Interesting that the Ruskie was flying near it and broke out his smart phone for a video.

However, "wing tip to wing top" seems to indicate a bit sensationalism, at its best.

In the world of airplanes, they were close. And because the Reaper does not have "see and avoid" capability, the Russian pilot has no idea which way it will turn next. He was wise to keep it above his own aircraft and shoot video through the canopy.

Wingtip to wingtip, my arse.

I guess whoever characterized that as "wingtip to wingtip" has never seen an airshow.

Wonder what was happening in the room in Kansas, or where ever this thing was controlled from. Imagine they were squirming a bit. If they knew Tovarisch was there.

Sensationalist press...This is as close to reality as Orson Wells' War of the worlds... Why dont you post something VERITABLE!

I'm sure there has been encounters between Russian and US aircraft that we have yet to hear about.

Russian and American ANYTHING in the same airspace means it"s only a matter of time....

Did not they say that drones were invented to replace manned fighters and thus reduce to zero the exposure of pilot's lives. Well it seems that drones can be detected by enemy radar (airborne and on the ground)and if necessary shotdown very easily if so their usefulness is already compromised.