Russia Gives Medals To Fighter Pilots Who Brought Down Us Drone

Two Russian military pilots, who had scrambled to deal with a US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone with the incident that ended with the US craft plunging into the Black Sea earlier in March, were awarded state decorations. Major Vasiliy Vavilov and Major Sergey Popov, who were previously not identified by the Russian Defence Ministry, were both presented with an Order of Courage by Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu at a ceremony.