The Air Force is training pilots not to take the bait when Russian warplanes carry out dangerous intercepts of American military aircraft. An anonymous senior Air Force official tells Air Force Times that the United States is giving its pilots three basic maxims to remember when confronted by Russian pilots pulling shenanigans: "do not turn into the intercepting aircraft"; "fly the planned route"; and "do not be provocative.” Gen. Frank Gorenc, commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Africa, tells the paper that a "change in focus" is needed as U.S. forces, used to fighting in counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations, now have to confront the prospect of "full-spectrum, high-velocity combat operations."
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