US fighter jets intercept Russian aircraft near Alaska

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

U.S. Air Force fighter jets intercepted two Russian patrol aircraft near Alaska on Wednesday, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) announced.

The U.S. F-22 Raptors "intercepted two Russian IL-38 aircraft entering the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone," NORAD said over multiple posts to Twitter on Thursday.

NORAD said the Russian maritime reconnaissance aircraft - which are used to hunt for submarines - were intercepted in the Bering Sea, north of the Aleutian Islands, and did not enter United States or Canadian sovereign airspace.

"COVID-19 or not, NORAD continues actively watching for threats and defending the homelands 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year," NORAD Commander Gen. Terrence O'Shaughnessy said in the posts.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-fighter-jets-intercept-russian-aircraft-near-alaska/ar-BB12oNNp?li=BBnb7Kz

[Thomas Hurt]

1. This happens occasionally and has for decades.

[DUar17]

4. Sad they took one day off in 2001

[marble falls]

2. And we do it to them. Testing, always testing.

[Blue Owl]

3. Paging Sarah Palin...

Putin's rearing his head in your airspace...