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NORAD scrambles jets to intercept Russian bombers near Alaska

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The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) launched multiple U.S. fighter jets after tracking Russian military aircraft operating in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on Thursday.NORAD says it launched two F-16s, two F-35s, one E-3 and four KC-135s to "intercept, positively identify, and escort the aircraft until they departed the Alaskan ADIZ.""The Russian military aircraft remained in international airspace and did not enter American or Canadian sovereign airspace," NORAD said in a press release. "This Russian activity in the Alaskan ADIZ occurs regularly and is no...

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