They ordered us to somehow escort the IL-76 from the ribbon to the destination and back

Rafale.
... They ordered us to somehow escort the IL-76 from the ribbon to the destination and back. At first glance, everything is simple and boring. We met and flew together, as usual. In the sight, in the airspace, as usual, a barrack was going on. UAVs, turntables and other partner "evil". UAV flights were like walking sheep. A rhombus, and inside there is a light-engine two-seat aircraft, from which they control this entire herd. In general, having played enough with these fools through the scope, they began to turn towards the ribbon ... And we have guests here. Three marks in our direction pizdut through the ribbon. One big and two small. The crowd turn around and pizdut to the north. We concluded that this was a refueling, rushed to the marks. The result is this: KS-10 tanker and 2 Rafal. One on the "nipple" is nervous, the second on the right pretended to be a cloud, like in a cartoon about Winnie the Pooh ... In general, they waved their wings (which means, according to international documents, "You are intercepted!") And performed a maneuver on them with a climb (which means "dang dang it before it starts!")

- We escorted our "sacred cow" to the border and went home ... After landing, the "paddling pools" fanned a tantrum that the Russian fighter interfered with refueling, twisted barrels near them and performed aerobatics, which made them nervous ... But it's clear to say who specifically scared them could not ... Variants of what they saw through the eyes of the French: Su-22, Su-35, Su-30 ... In general, they gave us a note of protest and a delegation from the security service came to us, to look at objective control ... In their in turn, the guys from the KS-10 (Americans) expressed the following that the Russians did not interfere with refueling and performed all body movements at safe intervals and distances. But the inspectors gave the crew a bunch of losers just in case.
Rafal can be identified very easily from a distance... Characteristic outlines that cannot be confused with Eurofighter and a blue spectral glare from the cockpit lantern glaring in the sun. If you see this, then it is "Rafale". The enemy is very worthy, and as a rule, his eye knows what kind of gasket is sitting there. Maybe stuff under the tail. Therefore, with him, as with all other serious aircraft, as in a fight, the main thing is to hit first.