U.S. jets intercept Russian warplanes near Alaska
NORAD said U.S. fighter jets and support aircraft were scrambled Wednesday to identify and intercept four Russian military planes — two Tu-95 strategic bombers accompanied by two Su-35 fighters — flying in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone. The response included an E-3 AWACS, four F-16s and four KC-135 tankers; NORAD characterized such ADIZ activity as common but said the aircraft did not enter U.S. sovereign airspace.
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U.S. fighter jets scrambled to intercept Russian warplanes near Alaska
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- NORAD reported two Tu-95 long-range bombers and two Su-35 fighter jets entered the Alaskan ADIZ on Wednesday.
- U.S. response forces included one E-3 early warning/control aircraft, four F-16 fighters and four KC-135 tanker planes sent to positively identify and intercept the Russian aircraft.
- NORAD said activity in the ADIZ is common and that none of the incidents resulted in Russian aircraft entering U.S. sovereign airspace; the event follows a similar interception about one month earlier.