NORAD intercepts Russian maritime patrol aircraft entering Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone

By NORAD on Jun 27, 2020   Featured, National/World, World  

  North American Aerospace Defense Command F-22s, supported by a KC-135 Stratotanker, intercepted two Russian IL-38 maritime patrol aircraft entering the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone in the late hours of June 24. The Russian aircraft came within 50 miles of Unimak Island along the Aleutian island chain, spending approximately four hours in the ADIZ […]