Two Air Force warplanes intercepted a pair of Russian bombers flying in international airspace near Alaska.
This was contained in a statement by the North American Aerospace Defense Command.
NORAD said it “detected, tracked, positively identified and intercepted” the two Russian Tu-95 Bear-H bombers “entering and operating within the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).” They were intercepted by a pair of F-16 fighter jets.
It also said “the recent Russian activity in the North American ADIZ is not seen as a threat nor is the activity seen as provocative,” NORAD said in a statement.
