I think some of these Russian pilots must have watched Top Gun. An SU-27 performed a barrel roll over a US reconnaissance plane while it was on a routine patrol in international waters.  The incident comes on the heels of another episiode involving the US destroyer Daniel Cook that was buzzed by Russian warplanes on Wednesday. CNN: The incident Thursday occurred when a Russian jet "performed erratic and aggressive maneuvers" as it flew within 50 feet of the U.S. aircraft's wing tip, Danny Hernandez, a spokesman for U.S. European Command, said in a response to a question from CNN. The Russian Su-27 began the barrel roll from the left side of the U.S. RC-135 and went over the top of it to end on the right side of the aircraft, European Command said. The RC-135 aircraft was "intercepted by a Russian SU-27 in an unsafe and unprofessional manner," Hernandez said, adding that the U.S. plane never entered Russian territory. "The...(Read Full Post)