Editing Lockheed EP-3 (section)

== Other incidents ==
On 29 January 2018, a near accident was reported on the Black Sea, when a Russian Su-27 passed a U.S. EP-3 at a distance of several feet.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://video.repubblica.it/mondo/mar-nero-il-top-gun-russo-passa-a-meno-di-2-metri-dall-aereo-spia-americano/295925/296542?ref=RHPPBT-BS-I0-C4-P7-S1.4-T1|title=Mar Nero: il top gun russo passa a meno di 2 metri dall'aereo-spia americano|date=31 January 2018|website=Repubblica Tv – la Repubblica.it|access-date=31 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201080251/https://video.repubblica.it/mondo/mar-nero-il-top-gun-russo-passa-a-meno-di-2-metri-dall-aereo-spia-americano/295925/296542?ref=RHPPBT-BS-I0-C4-P7-S1.4-T1|archive-date=1 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.c6f.navy.mil/news/us-ep-3-intercepted-black-sea|title=U.S. EP-3 Intercepted in the Black Sea|date=29 January 2018|access-date=1 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201001930/http://www.c6f.navy.mil/news/us-ep-3-intercepted-black-sea|archive-date=1 February 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In a separate incident, on 5 November 2018, a U.S. EP-3 was again claimed to have been closely passed in international airspace by a Russian Su-27.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-46110395/us-navy-plane-intercepted-by-russian-jet-over-black-sea|title=US Navy plane intercepted by Russian jet|work=BBC News |access-date=2018-11-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181110061754/https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-46110395/us-navy-plane-intercepted-by-russian-jet-over-black-sea|archive-date=2018-11-10|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 19 July 2019, a U.S. EP-3 was "performing a multi-nationally recognized and approved mission in international airspace" over the Caribbean Sea, when a Venezuelan Su-30 aggressively shadowed it at an unsafe distance.  <ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/venezuelan-fighter-aggressively-shadowed-us-reconnaissance-plane-caribbean/story?id=64469484&cid=clicksource_4380645_null_headlines_hed|title=Venezuelan fighter 'aggressively shadowed' US reconnaissance plane over Caribbean Sea|website=ABC News}}</ref>