US fighter jets intercept 6 Russian aircraft near Alaska
Six Russian aircraft were detected and intercepted by the Alaskan Region of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) last week, the command said in a statement Monday.
In the statement, NORAD said it 'detected, tracked, positively identified and intercepted six Russian aircraft operating in and near the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on May 11, 2023'.