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US F-16 Photographed In Mock Dogfight With Russian Su-27 Above Area 51

US F-16 Photographed In Mock Dogfight With Russian Su-27 Above Area 51

A curious sight was observed in the skies above Area 51 in Nevada, on November 8, the day Donald Trump was elected President, by vacationing air traffic controller Phil Drake. According to Drake, the photographs below all taken by him, show a Russian-built Su-27P fighter jet taking on a US Air Force F-16 engaged in a mock dogfight training mission.

The moment a US F-16 was caught in a mock dogfight with a Russian SU-27 fighter