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The U.S. military detected and tracked four Russian military planes off the coast of Alaska Monday amid a spike in such activity from Moscow off the U.S. coast. The four Russian aircraft were ...
The Russian Tu-95MS “Bear” strategic bombers and Chinese Xi’an H-6 bombers were spotted in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (Adiz) – but did not enter US or Canadian airspace, US ...
US Army soldiers were deployed to a remote island southeast of Alaska last week as part of a “force protection operation” amid an expected increase in Russian and Chinese military exercises in ...
The Russian military planes operated in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone, NORAD said. That is beyond U.S. sovereign air space but an area in which aircraft are expected to identify themselves. The frequency of Russian airplanes entering the zone varies yearly. NORAD has said the average was six or seven a year, but it has increased ...
Two Russian military aircraft were detected Wednesday operating in the international airspace off of Alaska, NORAD said. The aircraft were operating in airspace known as the Air Defense ...
This image made from a video provided by the U.S. Coast Guard District 14 Hawaii Pacific shows a Russian ship patrolling off the coast of Hawaii. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire by the United States for a sum of $7.2 million in 1867 (equivalent to $129 million in 2023) [1].On May 15 of that year, the United States Senate ratified a bilateral treaty that had been signed on March 30, and American sovereignty became legally effective across the territory on October 18.
NORAD intercepted two Russian and two Chinese bombers flying near Alaska Wednesday in what a US defense official said was the first time the two countries have been intercepted while operating ...