(Washington Composite Electric) The U.S. military announced on Wednesday (June 14) that due to the "unsafe and unprofessional behavior" in the Middle East, after the situation of rising situations and risks of misjudgment of the situation, the U.S. militaryThe F-22 "Raptor" fighter will be deployed this week to respond.
CNN reports that these raptors fighters are from the 94 combat squadron of the Lanli Air Force Base, Virginia. They are currently deployed in Europe and will be transferred to the Middle East.
General Michael Kurilla, commander of the United States Central Command, said: "The Russian army is unsafe and unprofessional behavior, not the performance of the professional air force forces.The risk of upgrading or misjudgment. "
The United States announced that the Russian fighter's activities in the Middle East are becoming more and more provocative.It is reported that American fighters continue to compete with Russian fighters in the Middle East, especially in Syria and surrounding areas.
In April this year, Russian pilots tried to fight closely with the US fighter aircraft over Syria.In March, Curry told the senators at the hearing of the US Senate Military Commission that Russia's provocative flight "increased significantly".
A spokesman for the Central Command of the United States Air Force said that the number of unprofessional behaviors of the Russian fighter "over the past few weeks" has increased.
A spokesman said that although unprofessional and unsafe behaviors are different every day, and because of different pilots, they have different situations. Compared with different pilots, Russian pilots are more risky compared to a year ago and constantly challenge the alliance's counter -terrorism operations.
A spokesman added that before that, Russia's military leadership in Syria had been willing to abide by the agreed to eliminate conflict agreement.
Curry on Wednesday emphasized that the United States and partner countries and allies will be committed to improving the security and stability in the Middle East.