The Russian military aircraft entered the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone and were intercepted by US fighter jets, supported by US tankers, NORAD said in a statement. In the first encounter, NORAD said, two Russian bombers, two Russian fighter jets and a Russian airborne early warning and control aircraft came within 20 nautical miles of the coast of Alaska. The second formation was two bombers and an airborne early warning and control aircraft that came within 32 nautical miles.
