For Second Day in a Row, Russian Warplanes Intercepted Near Alaska

For the second consecutive day, four Russian military aircraft were intercepted near Alaska by U.S. fighter planes. NORAD continues to describe the interactions as “routine.”

The Russian planes – which included bomber and fighter aircraft – were intercepted by two F-35 fighter jets as they approached the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone, a large swath of closely-monitored airspace off the coast of the state, NORAD said in a Statement American Military News.

Interception is when an aircraft passes next to another in order to identify it and establish communications. NORAD called it interception “escorts” As necessary, foreign aircraft must be kept out of the air defense identification zones.

NORAD confirmed that the encounter took place on the same day. We intercepted another group Russian warplanes Just one day before, I was near the Alaskan ADIZ.

The latest group consisted of TU-95 BEAR-H fighters and SU-30/SU-35 bombers. However, it is not clear how many each aircraft made. The previous group, which included four aircraft, consisted of TU95 BEAR-H fighters and TU-95 bombers.

NORAD has described both encounters as “routine” Unrelated to the three unidentified object recently shot down over North American airspace.

This Russian activity was detected near air defense areas “occurs regularly and is not seen as a threat, nor is the activity seen as provocative,” NORAD added that it had prepared for the interceptions and had therefore anticipated the activity.

Vladimir Putin, Russian President, ordered that strategic bomber aircraft make long-range patrols every day for the first time since the fall of the Soviet Union. According to NORAD, there have been six-to-seven interceptions by Russian military aircraft in North American ADIZ every year since then. 

Two Russian bombers were spotted. In Alaskan ADIZ intercepted October Before that, NORAD had tracked Russian aircraft in air defense identification zones September 11, 2022 and encountered Russian spy planes in Alaskan ADIZ over two days in August.

NORAD commander Gen. Glen VanHerck stated it 2020 was a year of change “more Russian military flights off the coast of Alaska than we’ve seen in any year since the end of the Cold War,” adding: “Russia is trying to reassert on a global stage their influence and their capabilities.”

According to NORAD’s 2007 statistics, 15 Russian military interceptions occurred in one year. Zero was the lowest.

This was a breaking story. As more information became available, the details were updated periodically. 

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