[rlmorel]

I don’t know how common now, but it was very common back in the Seventies IIRC.

[Col Freeper]

Yes it was a regular occurrence.

Interceptors were F106 Delta Wings if I remember correctly. Used to watch the “trespassing Bombers” and the Interceptors on the Radar Scopes in the Site (Campion AFS, AK) Data Center.

The “Bears” of course had always left U.S. airspace by the time the interceptors arrived. I think the Russians and the Americans both knew all the steps of this “Dance” and both got to use it as training exercises.

Somewhere there are photos of the Interceptors of that era flying alongside the Russian Bombers. Just like the photo posted in this thread.

Old Times.