U.S. fighter jets intercepted six Russian fighters and bombers flying off Alaska’s coasts last week, in an encounter during Alaska's Northern Edge military exercise.
On Thursday, F-22 fighter jets like this one pursuing a Russian Tu-95 bomber in 2020 again intercepted a Russian aircraft formation off Alaska’s coast.
NORAD dispatched F-16s like this one based at Eielson Air Force Base assisted in Thursday’s intercept, along with an AWACS reconnaissance plane and air tanker. In response, Alaska NORAD dispatched F-16 and F-22 fighter jets and an AWACS plane for what the agency called a routine interception. The news release didn’t say where the intercept occurred, or how many U.S. aircraft were dispatched to accompany the Russian planes through the zone.
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