AirForceTimes: Russian S-300 Air Defense Systems Fool US Air Force F-35 Fighter Pilots

The article talks about pilots sent to patrol the airspace near the Russian border.According to the Americans, the equipment installed on their machines does not always recognize nearby objects. Air defense systems have digital means to evade detection.”We saw the SA-20 (that’s what NATO countries call the S-300), we knew it was an SA-20, but my fighter couldn’t identify it” , says one of the pilots, Colonel Craig Andrle.And Colonel Brad Bashor noted that during the patrol, the F-35 pilots did not encounter provocations from the Russian and Belarusian air forces: “No direct interaction and nothing unprofessional”.Recall that American fighters take off from an air base in Germany. In February last year, the United States deployed 8 of the latest F-35 fighter jets and three dozen AH-64 attack helicopters to Europe.