U.S. says Russia put its pilots at risk during aerial encounter

Sukhoi Su-35 multi-role fighters of the Sokoly Rossii (Falcons of Russia) aerobatic team fly in formation during a demonstration flight at the MAKS 2017 air show in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, Russia, July 21, 2017. /Reuters

The U.S. Navy said on Wednesday that a Russian Su-35 fighter jet put the crew of a P-8A surveillance aircraft at risk while performing a high-speed inverted maneuver in front of the U.S. aircraft during an "unsafe" intercept on Wednesday in international airspace over the Mediterranean Sea.