Posted on 05/21/2019 12:36:15 PM PDT by KC_Lion
U.S. fighter planes intercepted Russian bombers and fighters that entered Alaskas airspace on May 20, said the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) on May 21.
As a result, the Russian aircraft remained in international airspace.
In a later statement, NORAD said its ability to deter and defeat threats begins with detecting, tracking, and positively identifying non-American aircraft in U.S. airspace.
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General Terrence J. OShaughnessy, the NORAD commander, said in a statement that NORADs top priority is defending Canada and the United States. Our ability to protect our nations starts with successfully detecting, tracking, and positively identifying aircraft of interest approaching U.S. and Canadian airspace, OShaughnessy said.
NORAD said that Tupolev Tu-95 bombers and Su-35 fighters were intercepted by two F-22 fighter planes as they entered the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone.
Later, two Tu-95s and two Su-35s were intercepted by two more F-22 fighter jets while a NORAD E-3 aircraft provided surveillance, said NORAD. The Russian planes were positively identified, the agency wrote.
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LOL! :D
Ah, the good old days. I miss the Russians.
Trump and his immoral insistence on enforcing our borders.
That dude sure embarrassed the Russians. A bunch of them got fired over that. I was stationed at Travis at the time.
from 2017:
A Russian surveillance plane soared through secure airspace over Washington on Wednesday, presumably collecting intelligence as it travelled near the Pentagon, the Capitol and other government buildings, two US officials said.
The Russian Air Force Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft made the flight in accordance with the Treaty on Open Skies, which Russia, the United States and 32 other nations have signed. The unusual treaty established criteria under which countries can make unarmed observation flights over the soil of other treaty members in an effort to promote transparency and international arms control efforts, according to the State Department.
The Capitol Police issued an alert Wednesday that warned that an authorised low-altitude aircraft would enter restricted airspace between 11am and 3pm. The alert did not state who owned the plane, but said it will be large and may fly directly over the US Capitol.
[That dude sure embarrassed the Russians. A bunch of them got fired over that.]
Rumor was the Russkies wound up turning on some additional radar that they didn’t want captured on SIGINT (NATO).
I don’t know if that was just an old wive’s tale or if that actually happened.
That young lady is scary behind the yoke. The show was from a few years ago and I hope she got past her dingbat phase.
I dont know either.
Shhhhh....If you say that kind of stuff, you will give the DNC ideas.
Another nonevent.
Last time Russia did this kind of thing it broke their bomber fleet.
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