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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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 se...
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 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...
17, are taking place in Siberia and in waters off Russia's eastern coast, involving 300,000 troops, over 1,000 military aircraft and two naval fleets. The drills are taking place at a time of heightened tension between the West and Russia, and NATO has said it will mon...
The aircraft completed the planned flight along the northern coast of the Aleutian Islands and the western coast of Alaska and Canada, the ministry added. The Tu-142 aircraft were supported by a pair of high-altitude fighter-interceptors MiG-31BM, the ministry's Zvezda broadcasting service said...
In the United States, Russian Aerospace Force aircraft participating in Open Skies must enter the country through Dulles International Airport on the East Coast and Travis Air Force Base on the West Coast. They may operate from Travis AFB, Dulles, Elemendorf Air Force Base in Alaska, and Linco...