By the way... the Russians are missing a fighter jet... and would really like it back!

A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet of the Far East air force disappeared during a scheduled flight in the Khabarovsk Territory on Thursday, a Defense Ministry spokesman told Interfax - AVN. "The Su-27 fighter jet disappeared from radar screens at 9.27 a.m. today. It went on a scheduled mission from Dzemgi airfield outside the city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, the aircraft reportedly disappeared at a distance of about 30 kilometers from the airfield. A search and rescue effort involving helicopters was launched to find the lone pilot and the plane."Hmmmmmm! Food for thought. Wonder where it went and in which direction, assuming it wasn't straight down?