Two pairs of F-22 fighter jets, each with an E-3 Airborne Early Warning and Control System aircraft, from the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) positively identified and intercepted Russian Tu-95 bombers and Su-35 fighter jets entering the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone on May 21. Specifically, two Russian bombers entered the ADIZ and […]
The North American Defense Command (NORAD) revealed on Monday that Alaska-based F-22s and an E-3 Airborne Early Warning and Control System from NORAD identified then intercepted four Tupolev TU-95 bombers and two SU-35 fighters as they entered into the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on Monday. Initially, two of the Russian bombers entering the […]
Two Russian bombers, a TU-95 and a TU-142 were intercepted and escorted by twin NORAD F-22 fighters at 6 am on Friday morning spokesman for the North American Aerospace Defense Command Canadian Army Major Andrew Hennessy told CNN. The Russian bombers crossed into the Air Defense Identification Zone 200 miles off-shore of western Alaska north of […]