Defense

NORAD intercepts Russian aircraft in back-to-back days

By Mike Brest
Published February 16, 2023 6:13pm ET
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NORAD intercepts Russian aircraft in back-to-back days
Russian Su 35 fighters of aerobatics team Russkiye Sokoly, or Russian Falcons, perform during the MAKS-2017 International Aviation and Space Show in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, July 21, 2017. | (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr)

The Alaskan Region of North American Aerospace Defense Command tracked and intercepted four Russian aircraft that were entering and operating within the Alaska Air Defense Identification on Monday and again on Tuesday.

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