U.S. Air Force F-22 fighter jets intercepted two sets of Russian bombers off the coast of Alaska, one of them coming eight miles from entering U.S. territorial airspace.
U.S. Air Force F-22 fighter jets intercepted two sets of Russian bombers off the coast of Alaska on Wednesday morning, one of them coming 8 miles from entering U.S. territorial airspace that extends 12 miles from the coastline. Though the Russian bombers remained in international airspace, Wednesday's intercept appears to be the closest to U.S. territorial limits in recent memory.
The Alaskan ADIZ is airspace that stretches 200 miles from the coastline and is monitored in the interest of national security. U.S. territorial airspace begins 12 miles from the coastline. "The flight lasted about 11 hours ... at some sections of the route, the Russian aircraft were escorted by U.S. Air Force F-22 fighters," the ministry said in a statement that also specified which bases the bombers had flown from in eastern Russia. It made no mention of how close the bombers had come to U.S. airspace, but did highlight that in May"U.S. Air Force strategic bombers performed flights along the Russian borders five times.
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