US jets intercept Russian Tu-95 bombers near Alaska; first encounter there since US drone taken down
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The Alaskan Region of North American Aerospace Defense Command announced Wednesday that U.S. fighter jets intercepted Russian bombers near Alaska Monday.
"The Alaskan Region of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) detected, tracked, positively identified and intercepted two Russian aircraft entering and operating within the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on April 17, 2023," the defense organization said. Timothy Nerozzi is a writer for Fox News Digital. You can follow him on Twitter @timothynerozzi and can email him at timothy.nerozzi@fox.com
NORAD clarified that the Russian Tu-95 bombers did not enter U.S. or Canadian airspace.
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