NORAD Intercepts Three Groups of Two Russian TU-142 off of Alaska’s Coastline

NORAD Intercepts Three Groups of Two Russian TU-142 off of Alaska’s Coastline

  Once again this summer North American Aerospace Defense Command F-22 fighter aircraft, supported by KC-135 air refuelers intercepted Tu-142 Russian maritime patrol aircraft within the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone late this week. In a first for the year, Russia sent in three groups of the aircraft who stayed in the zone for over […]