• U.S. military intercepted Russian aircraft during 8th such incident this year

    U.S. military intercepted Russian aircraft during 8th such incident this year

    Russian planes breached the Alaskan air defense zone on Tuesday night and came within 32 miles of Alaskan shores, the Pentagon said, and the U.S. military scrambled F-22 Raptors to intercept two separate Russian formations before they reached sovereign American airspace. In a statement Wednesday morning, North American Aerospace Defense Command said the Russian incursion …