Air Force warplanes intercept a pair of Russian bombers near Alaska

FoxNews.com reports: “Two Air Force warplanes intercepted a pair of Russian bombers flying in international airspace near Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said Tuesday. 

NORAD said it ‘detected, tracked, positively identified and intercepted’ the two Russian Tu-95 Bear-H bombers ‘entering and operating within the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).’ They were intercepted by a pair of F-16 fighter jets.

‘The recent Russian activity in the North American ADIZ is not seen as a threat nor is the activity seen as provocative,’ NORAD said in a statement.

Air defense identification zones are airspace areas in which the identification, location and control of all aircraft is required in the interest of national security, according to the Federal Aviation Administration…”

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