HONOLULU — The Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756), which encountered a formation of Russian and Chinese naval ships near Alaska in September, returned to its Honolulu homeport, Friday. The Kimball and its crew covered more than 22,000 miles in over 100 days, conducting search and rescue and fisheries enforcement patrols in the Bering and […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard Cutter Kimball crew on a routine patrol in the Bering Sea encountered a People’s Republic of China Guided Missile Cruiser, Renhai CG 101, sailing approximately 75 nautical miles north of Kiska Island, Alaska, September 19, 2022. The Kimball crew later identified two more Chinese naval vessels and four Russian […]
The North American Aerospace Defense Command has revealed that two Russian Tu-95 bombers, and their escorts, two Su-35 fighter aircraft were intercepted 30 miles of Alaska’s coast late on Monday evening. The Russian aircraft were intercepted soon after entering the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone by F-22 fighters supported by E-3 airborne warning and […]
Germany’s foreign minister has held out the possibility of sanctions on Russia if the Kremlin does not provide information soon about the suspected poisoning of opposition leader Alexey Navalny. Heiko Maas told the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag that there were “several indications” Moscow was behind the attack. “If in the coming days Russia does not […]