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...
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...
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...
There's something unusual happening in two places. One is the airspace over Alaska where Russian jets were intercepted and the other involves Missouri and two 'Doomsday Planes' that were recently spotted over it. Let's start with what happened over Alaska recently. AsNewsweekreported, Russian 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 interception is the latest in a series of such encounters with Russian aircraft near Alaska in recent months.
detected four Russian warplanes flying in the Alaska ADIZ, as was another Russian military aircraft in May 2023. And in February 2023, Russian warplanes were intercepted there twice in one week. And that same month, a Chinese spy balloon was detected near Alaska before eventually making its way...
The bombers were detected flying near the Aleutian Islands, said Michael Kucharek, a spokesman for the Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). “Two Alaskan-based NORAD F-22 fighters intercepted and visually identified two Tu-95 ‘Bear’ long-range bomber aircraft fl...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Two Russian bombers were intercepted by two U.S. F-22 fighter jets near Alaska on Tuesday, said the U.S. military on Wednesday. The Russian Tu-95 bombers, accompanied by two Russian Su-35 fighter jets, were intercepted west of mainland Alaska at around...
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