‘Every single advantage’: 176th Air Defense Squadron fields state-of-the-art battle command center
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Two Russian Tu-95 Bears and two Chinese H-6 Badgers with Su-30 and Su-35 Flanker fighter escorts speared across the sky July 24, 2024, in formation over the northern Pacific careening toward the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone and bringing the nuclear-capable long-range bombers closer to U.S. sovereign airspace. The combined […]