Southwest 737 captain holds record for intercepting Soviet military aircraft

A Southwest Airlines 737 captain holds the record for the most number of intercepts of Soviet military aircraft.

Tu-95MS and F-15C
U.S. Air Force photo [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons


Captain Rick Von Berckefeldt achieved the feat as a F-15 pilot in 1988. He made interceptions of ten Tu-95s and 1 Il-18.

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