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 ...
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 detected and tracked the planes. Although the Russian aircraft remained in international air...
Two F-22 fighters intercepted several Russian planes that were flying near Alaska this week. According to the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), American and Canadian F-22 fighter jets were sent to intercept two Russian Mig-31 fighter jets on Wednesday. The following day Canadian ...
✈ 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 Russia, say intercepts rose to 60 a year in 2020, up from just 10 in 2015, according to Air Force Times. While the aircra...
U.S. and its NATO allies have repeatedly said that Russian fighter jets have performed unsafe maneuvers while shadowing their planes — accusations that the Russian military has rejected. Moscow has repeatedly voiced concern over the deployment of NATO forces near Russian borders, describing it as ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — When a Russian fighter jet collided with a large U.S. surveillance drone over the Black Sea, it was a rare but serious incident that triggered a U…
WASHINGTON (AP) — When a Russian fighter jet collided with a large U.S. surveillance drone over the Black Sea, it was a rare but serious incident that triggered a U.S. diplomatic protest and raised concerns about the possibility Russia could recover sen
The Russian navy conducted major war games near Alaska involving dozens of ships and aircraft, the military said Friday, the biggest such drills in the area since Soviet times. Russia scrambled its fighter jets to intercept and escort the U.S. and NATO bombers and reconnaiss...
They may operate from Travis AFB, Dulles, Elemendorf Air Force Base in Alaska, and Lincoln Municipal Airport in Nebraska. They may refuel at air bases and airports in Hawaii, Wisconsin, Montana, Arizona, and Tennessee. Likewise, American planes operating over Belarus and Russia operate under ...
Four Russian military aircraft flew in international airspace near Alaska on Tuesday, according to the North American Aerospace Defense Command.