Let's start with what happened over Alaska recently. AsNewsweekreported, Russian aircraft were intercepted by American fighters after NORAD detected them coming uncomfortably close to our airspace. NORAD detected, tracked, and intercepted two Russian military aircraft operating in the Alaska Air Defense...
“After identification, it turned out to be three aircraft: a Russian IL-20M Coot-A that was escorted by two Su-27 Flankers. The Dutch F-35s escorted the formation from a distance and handed over the escort to NATO partners.” Russia: The big enchilada for Trump AlaskaF-35RussiaShare...
There have been a string of Russian patrol aircraft intercepts near Alaska over the last month. In March, U.S. and Canadian jets intercepted Russian reconnaissance aircraft near Alaska spying on a U.S. submarine exercise known as ICEX. “We continue to see repeated Russian military a...
The Russian aircraft remained in international airspace, not entering U.S. or Canadian sovereign airspace, NORAD said. It was the second time in two days that Russian warplanes were intercepted by the U.S. air forces. On Monday, a total of four Russian bombers and two fighters were interce...
The U.S. military said it intercepted four Russian warplanes near Alaska on Monday. North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said it detected four Russian aircraft, including TU-95 BEAR-H bombers and SU-35 fighter aircraft, entering and operatin
F-16 warplanes intercepted four Russian aircraft near Alaska, the joint US-Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said Tuesday. The "routine" intercept of the Russian planes -- which included Tu-95 bomber and Su-35 fighter aircraft -- occurred Monday, NORAD said in a...
In response, the US Navy deployed USS John S. McCain, USS Benfold, USS John Finn and USS Chung-Hoon aircraft carriers that simulated the destruction of a mock enemy submarine. Why did the US react so harshly, taking into consideration the fact that the Russian and Chinese warships simply...
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says that Russian and Chinese bombers flying together for the first time in international airspace off the coast of Alaska is a new show of expanding military cooperation and it raises concerns.
The U.S. military has moved about 130 soldiers along with mobile rocket launchers to a desolate island in Alaska amid a recent increase in Russian military planes and vessels approaching the state.
aircraft intercepted and escorted two Russian jets that flew over the Beaufort Sea near the Alaska coastline, military officials said Tuesday.The Russian Tu-142 maritime reconnaissance aircraft were escorted by F-22 and CF-18 planes, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said in a release. ...