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NORAD Intercepts Bombers Near Alaska

Tu-142 Aircraft Did Not Enter U.S. Airspace

Two Russian Tu-142 bombers were intercepted by NORAD jets from the U.S. and Canada on Monday after they closed to within 50 nautical miles of the Alaskan coast.

The Military Times reports that NORAD said in a news release that the Russian aircraft stayed in international airspace but also within the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) for about four hours. They were escorted during the entirety of their flight by NORAD’s F-22s and CF-18s, which were supported by a KC-135 Stratotanker and E-3 Sentry aircraft.

“NORAD continues to operate in the Arctic across multiple domains,” Gen. Terrence J. O’Shaughnessy, the commander of NORAD said in the release. “As we continue to conduct exercises and operations in the north, we are driven by a single unyielding priority: defending the homelands.”

(Image provided by NORAD)

FMI: www.norad.mil

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