From NORAD: Two pairs of F-22 fighter jets, each with an E-3 Airborne Early Warning and Control System aircraft, from the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) positively identified and intercepted Russian Tu-95 bombers and Su-35 fighter jets entering the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone on May 21.
Daily Mail: U.S. fighter jets intercept four nuclear-capable Russian bombers near Alaska - two weeks after an American spy plane was 'buzzed' by SU-35s over the Mediterranean
* Russia said 2 of its Tupolev TU-95MS bombers carried out an 11-hour flight
* Russian Defense Ministry said the flight mission complied with international law
* U.S. F-22 Raptor tactical fighters had accompanied its planes during some stages of their flight
U.S. fighter jets intercepted and escorted four Russian nuclear-capable bombers during a routine flight over neutral waters near Alaska, the RIA news agency reported today, citing the Russian Defence Ministry.
Russia said the 11-hour flight, carried out by its Tupolev Tu-95MS bombers, complied with international law and that U.S. F-22 Raptor tactical fighters had accompanied its planes during some stages of their flight.
The ministry said the aircraft took off from the Chukotka Autonomous Area and the Amur Region, which neighbors Alaska.
They added that the flights flew over the neutral waters of the Chukchi, Bering and Okhotsk Seas and the northern part of the Pacific Ocean.
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Russian bombers intercepted 8 miles from US airspace -- ABC News
US military jets intercept Russian bombers, fighters off Alaskan coast -- The Hill
Russian nuclear-capable bombers intercepted by US aircraft near Alaska -- FOX News
US intercepts Russian bombers and fighter jets off coast of Alaska in international airspace -- CNN
F-22s Intercept Russian Bomber Formations Near Alaska on Same Morning -- Air Force Magazine
2 comments:
"This is the middle of the night now, these are not aircraft on strip alert ... They're there as part of our commitment to NATO and Europe. And so, as we looked at the time line, it was pretty clear that it would take up to 20 hours or so to get them there."
- Arm Chair General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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With responses like the one Feld Marshal Dempsey have given in the past that there were any American aircraft to intercept and escort the Russian bomber.
I can't get too excited at these Bomber flights. Its been a standard poke for decades. What it does is make for some great photographs for mil aviation buffs.
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