For 2nd consecutive day, US fighter jets intercept Russian warplanes flying close to American airspace near Alaska, military officials say.
For a second consecutive day, U.S. fighter jets intercepted Russian warplanes flying too close to American airspace near Alaska, military officials said Wednesday.
The Russian aircraft remained in international skies and at no time entered U.S. or Canadian sovereign airspace, according to NORAD. But the Russian crafts were inside a buffer zone known as the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone, officials said.U.S. fighters have had to be dispatched to monitor Russian activities near Alaska, officials said.
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