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Reading Comprehension with Commonsense Reasoning Dataset


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(CNN) -- A Russian fighter jet buzzed dangerously close to a U.S. military plane in April, a U.S. official said Tuesday, describing the fly-by as "straight out of a movie." The Russian jet flew within 100 feet of the nose of a U.S. Air Force reconnaissance plane over the Sea of Okhotsk between Russia and Japan, a Defense Department official said. The fly-by "put the lives of the U.S. crew in jeopardy," the U.S. official said, calling it "one of the most dangerous close passes in decades." The incident occurred on April 23, the Defense Department official said, when a U.S. Air Force RC-135U aircraft flying on a routine mission over the Sea of Okhotsk was intercepted by a Russian Su-27 Flanker aircraft.

  • Officials: A Russian fighter jet flew within 100 feet of a U.S. military plane
  • The fly-by "put the lives of the U.S. crew in jeopardy," one official said
  • Military leaders from both countries discussed the incident


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The United States did not originally discuss or reveal the incident publicly because it chose to deal with it privately with X officials, the military official said.

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