It's a hat trick. Air Force jets based in Alaska scrambled three times in five days to intercept Russian planes in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone. By Nicholas Slayton Published Aug 25, ...

In this Sept. 23, 2024, image taken from video, a U.S. Air Force F-16 operating under the direction of North American Aerospace Defense Command, conducts a routine intercept of a Russian Tu-95 ...

Intrusions into another country’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ) can have different meanings depending on context. On Sunday, combat jets assigned to the North American Aerospace Defense ...

NORAD scrambled U.S. Air Force F-16s to intercept Russian Il-20 surveillance aircraft three times in the Alaskan ADIZ in less than one week. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) ...

This story has been corrected. American aircraft intercepted a Russian surveillance flight Tuesday off the coast of Alaska for the fourth time in the past week, defense officials said Wednesday. An ...

The United States military scrambled fighter jets again Tuesday to track another Russian spy plane flying near Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said. It was the latest in a series ...

Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance grew up outside the city during the Cold War. And the specter of nuclear conflict and an attack on the area’s military infrastructure loomed over her childhood. “The ...

The North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, dispatched U.S. aircraft Wednesday to intercept four Russian military planes flying in international airspace off Alaska. A NORAD news release ...

For the second time in two months, residents and emergency officials around the Pacific rim of the United States were put on alert about a potential tsunami after a Russian earthquake. The magnitude 7 ...

WASHINGTON — (AP) — U.S. fighter jets scrambled to identify and intercept four Russian warplanes flying near Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said Thursday. It's the third time in ...