Four Russian warplanes on Tuesday flew just outside of United States airspace near Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said, marking the latest incident involving Russian aircraft off the coast of the U.S. state.The military operation was routine, according to the agency, which ...
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. That event was followed shortly thereafter by two United States 'Doomsday planes' spotted over Missouri c...
This week, a series of incidents lead to Canadian and U.S jets intercepting a total of 8 Russian aircraft near Alaska. In a press release, issued by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), it was revealed that on Wednesday at 7 p.m. (PST), several Russian war planes were...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military says Russian military aircraft have approached the coast of Alaska four times this week, and U.S. fighter jets intercepted them twice. The military says the latest incident happened late Thursday, and that F-22 Raptor aircraft and Canadian CF-18 Hornet ...
In May 1988, a Bering Air aircraft lifted the 41-year-old “Ice Curtain” between Alaska and the Soviet Union, now known as Russia after the collapse in the early 90’s. The historic flight and opening of the airways between western Alaska and the former Soviet Far East represented the ...
A rise in Russian military aircraft venturing near North America is straining Air Force crews who must meet them in the air. ✈ You love badass planes. So do we. Let’s nerd out over them together. U.S. Air Force units stationed in Alaska, near America’s frozen border with...
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 planes operated in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone, a zone beyond U.S. sovereign airspace, but within which the U.S. expects aircraft to identify themselves, NORAD said. The Russian Embassy in the U.S. did not immediately respond to an email ...
An F-22A Raptor from NORAD intercepts a Russian Tu-95 "Bear" bomber early Wednesday in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone. Two pairs of Tu-95 bombers and other Russian aircraft came in the zone around Alaska, though NORAD said they did not enter U.S. airspace. (NORAD) ...
It was in the old days of the Russian occupancy of Alaska, when the nineteenth century had run but half its course, that Negore fled after his fleeing tribe and came upon it this summer night by the head waters of the Pee-lat. In that place there be many Russian folk, and their rul...