The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said that it had detected four Russian military aircraft operating in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). "The Russian aircraft remained in international airspace and did not enter American or Canadian sovereign airspace," NORAD said...
Because Russia does not have Tu-95 bombers based in eastern Russia, the bombers are flown there from bases in western and central Russia in order to carry out the flights close to Alaska. "Intercepting multiple Russian aircraft demonstrates NORAD forces' readiness and capability to defend the hom...
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 ...
In a statement updating MPs on the war inUkraine, Ben Wallace said the incident happened on 29 September and thatRussiahas acknowledged it took place in international airspace. The RAF RC-135 aircraft was on routine patrol over the Black Sea when it was "shadowed" by two Russian arme...
The duration of the flight over the Chukchi, Bering and Okhotsk seas, as well as along the northern coast of the Aleutian Islands and the western coast of Alaska, exceeded 12 hours, it said. Russian long-range military aircraft regularly fly over the neutral waters of the Arctic, the Atlant...
The Russian warplanes did not enter U.S. or Canadian sovereign airspace, the statement added. In May, the Russian Defense Ministry said that Russia's Tu-95 strategic bombers and Tu-142 anti-submarine aircraft jets were escorted by two U.S. F-22 fighters when they flew over the neutral ...
On April 9, the U.S. Air Force intercepted two Russian Il-38 May ASW aircraft in the Bering Sea north of the Aleutians. The Russian planes were in the Alaska ADIZ but didn’t enter sovereign U.S. or Canadian airspace. Two random Il-38Ns ...
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Four Russian military aircraft flew in international airspace near Alaska on Tuesday, according to the North American Aerospace Defense Command.
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 ...