Arctic Connect validates HF communication across Alaska

Arctic Connect validates HF communication across Alaska

  JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON   –  “Harpoon 1-2, this is Midnight Sun 1, radio check, over.” A brief pause stretches across the 545 miles of Arctic terrain, mountains and tundra between Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and Nome. “Midnight Sun 1, this is Harpoon 1-2. I read you loud and clear. How me?” The response cuts clean through […]

NORAD detects and tracks Russian aircraft operating in the Alaskan and Canadian Air Defense Identification Zones

NORAD detects and tracks Russian aircraft operating in the Alaskan and Canadian Air Defense Identification Zones

  PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. – The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) detected and tracked two Russian TU-142 military aircraft operating in the Alaskan and Canadian Air Defense Identification Zones (ADIZ) on March 4, 2026. NORAD launched two U.S. Air Force F-35 fighter aircraft, two F-22 fighter aircraft, four KC-135 tankers, one E-3 AWACS, […]