Air Force warplanes intercept a pair of Russian bombers near Alaska - Fox News

Two Air Force warplanes intercepted a brace of Russian bombers flying successful planetary airspace adjacent Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said Tuesday. 

NORAD said it "detected, tracked, positively identified and intercepted" the 2 Russian Tu-95 Bear-H bombers "entering and operating wrong the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ)." They were intercepted by a brace of F-16 combatant jets.

"The caller Russian enactment successful the North American ADIZ is not seen arsenic a menace nor is the enactment seen arsenic provocative," NORAD said successful a statement. 

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Russian Tupolev Tu-95 Strategic Bomber alert during a subject parade marking the Belarus Independence Day successful Minsk. A brace of Russian Tu-95 Bear-H bombers were intercepted flying successful planetary airspace adjacent Alaska. (Reuters)

Air Defense Identification Zones are airspace areas successful which the identification, location, and power of each craft is required successful the involvement of nationalist security, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

"NORAD tracks and positively identifies overseas subject craft that participate the ADIZ," NORAD said. "NORAD routinely monitors overseas craft movements and arsenic necessary, escorts them from the ADIZ."

An F16 airplane going up successful the sky, outburner visible.

Last month, NORAD said it detected and tracked 2 Russian maritime patrol craft operating wrong the Alaskan and Canadian Air Defense Identification Zones.

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