U. S. fighter aircraft intercepted two waves of Russian bombers flying within eight miles of U. S. airspace near Alaska on Wednesday, officials said.
June 10 (UPI) — U. S. fighter planes intercepted two waves of Russian bombers flying within eight miles of U. S. airspace near Alaska on Wednesday, officials said.
“North American Aerospace Defense Command F-22 Raptors, supported by KC-135 Stratotankers and E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System, completed two intercepts of Russian Bomber formations entering the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone early this morning,” the North American Aerospace Defense Command said Wednesday on Twitter.
“The Russian military aircraft remained in international airspace and at no time did they enter United States sovereign airspace.”
The first Russian formation, of two Tu-95 bombers, two Su-35 fighter planes and an A-50 early warning and control aircraft, came within 20 nautical miles of the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone, a 200-mile long coastline with U.
