US fighters have rushed to intercept 8 Russian bombers approaching Alaska in the past week

https://news.yahoo.com/us-fighters-rushed-intercept-8-163722980.html

Ryan Pickrell)
,Business Insider•June 17, 2020


US fighter aircraft have been called out to intercept eight Russian bomber aircraft in the past week, according to information from North American Aerospace Defense Command.

A total of four intercepts have taken place, with two occurring last Wednesday and another two happening Tuesday evening. In one instance, Russian aircraft came within just 20 nautical miles of US shores.

•••••

One of the Russian formations came within 20 nautical miles of US shores, but neither aircraft group ever entered US sovereign airspace, which extends 12 nautical miles from US shores. The ADIZ extends 200 nautical miles from the coastline.

•••••