For the third time within a week, American combat aircraft were deployed to intercept a Russian Air Force aircraft operating in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), as reported by ABC News. The Russian aircraft never entered sovereign airspace, but the repeated activity underscores ongoing friction between Russia and the US at a time of heightened geopolitical instability.

Officials at the North American Aerospace Defense (NORAD) have confirmed the presence of a Russian Ilyushin IL-20 near US territory. As an answer, NORAD scrambled two F-16s, two Boeing KC-135s, and an E-3 Sentry to evaluate the potential threat posed by the IL-20. While the flight itself was unremarkable, two similar incidents occurred just within the last week.

Details Of The Interceptions

The first

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