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Six Russian aircraft intercepted near Alaska airspace during US military training exercises: NORAD

The North American Aerospace Defense Command released a statement Saturday saying it had intercepted six Russian aircraft operating off the coast of Alaska. In a press release about Thursday’s incident, NORAD said it “detected, tracked, positively identified and intercepted six Russian aircraft operating in and near the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).UKRAINE MAKES GAINS IN BAKHMUT AMID TALKS OF SPRING OFFENSIVE; WAGNER TANTRUM CONTINUES The arrest of a Wall Street Journal reporter by Vladimir Putin’s regime has created international outrage. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)”Russian aircraft remained in international airspace and did not enter American or Canadian sovereign airspace,”  the statement added. “These flights occurred as several planned large-scale U.S. military training exercises are ongoing in Alaska.”The Russian aircraft, according to the press release, were Tu-95 bombers and IL-78 tanker and Su-35 fighter aircraft. UKRAINE INVASION PROVING ‘VERY, VERY DIFFICULT,’ KREMLIN SPOX SAYS IN RARE ADMISSION An F/A-18 Hornet strike fighter intercepts one of two Russian Tu-95 Bear long-range bomber aircraft as it approached the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz Feb. 9, 2008, south of Japan. (U.S. Navy via Getty Images)The Russian aircraft were intercepted by F-16s, F-22s, KC-135 Stratotankers and E-3 AWACS.The press release explained that Russian activity like this “occurs regularly” and “is not seen as a threat.”CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPNORAD estimates an average of six to seven Russian aircraft incursions occur each year in the ADIZ. Andrew Mark Miller is a writer at Fox News. Find him on Twitter @andymarkmiller and email tips to AndrewMark.Miller@Fox.com.



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