Task & Purpose4y
US fighter jets intercept 2 Russian bomber formations near Alaska
The U.S. military deployed fighter jets to intercept two formations of Russian aircraft as they entered the Alaskan Air Defense ... miles of Alaska, consisted of a pair Tu-95 bombers escorted ...
Task & Purpose4y
US fighter jets intercept 2 Russian bomber formations in eighth Alaskan incursion this year
The intercepts marked the second time in as many weeks that Air Force F-22 Raptor fighter jets intercepted Russian bomber formations near Alaska and the eighth time this year that Russian military ...
Fighter jets scrambled from Alaska and Canada as Russian warplanes spotted in the Arctic, NORAD says
A combat air patrol of American and Canadian fighter jets was scrambled this week after multiple Russian warplanes were ...
NORAD intercepts Russian and Chinese bombers off coast of Alaska
United States and Canadian fighter jets intercepted multiple Russian and Chinese bomber aircraft in international airspace ...
NORAD intercepts Russian and Chinese bombers operating together near Alaska in first such flight
The North American Aerospace Defense Command intercepted two Russian and two ... operating together. The bombers remained in ...
TASS3y
US decides not to intercept Russian bombers flying near Alaska
On Tuesday, Fox News reported that the US Air Force launched a single E-3 Sentry early warning aircraft, known as AWACS to make sure there were only two Russian bombers flying near Alaska ...
Wall Street Journal6mon
U.S. Jets Intercept Chinese and Russian Bombers off Alaska
The Russian Ministry of Defense released footage that it said shows Russian and Chinese aircraft conducting joint patrols near Alaska. Photo: Associated Press Wall Street Journal ...
USNI19h
Russian Bomber Mission Prompts Japanese Fighter Scramble
A pair of Russian Tu-95 bombers escorted by two Russian fighter aircraft carried out a eight-hour flight over the Sea of ...
Popular Mechanics5mon
How China’s H-6 Badger Bomber Came Knocking At Alaska’s Door
On July 24, U.S. and Canadian armed forces scrambled jet fighters when long-range radars detected strategic bombers nearing Alaska's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). Two Russian Tu-95 ...