Air Force jets intercept 2 Russian bombers flying close to Alaska

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The Air Force dispatched two F-16 fighter jets to intercept a pair of Russian bombers that flew close to Alaska on Monday, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said in a statement.

Although the two Russian Tu-95 Bear-H bombers did not enter American or Canadian sovereign airspace, NORAD said it "detected, tracked, positively identified and intercepted" the aircraft as they were "entering and operating within the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone."

Air defense identification zones are areas of airspace that require all aircraft to be identified and located and to have their flight plans controlled "in the interest of national security," according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

NORAD, a combined air defense organization of the U.S. and Canada, said the Russian activity was "not seen as a threat nor is the activity seen as provocative." The appearance of Russian bombers and their interception by U.S. fighter jets do come at a fraught time in the relationship between the two countries, however.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-air-force-jets-intercept-202737832.html

[lpbk2713]

1. Failin saw them coming from her front porch.

...

[world wide wally]

2. She saw Putin "rear his ugly head"

[gratuitous]

3. And now Republicans say we have to give Alaska to Russia

Or else Putin gets to use nukes. Isn't that how things work?

[Tree Lady]

4. Lets see how they like that one

since its a republican state.