The Joint Aviation Defense Command of North America (NORAD) said the United States watched the overhead flight of six Russian military aircraft over the Alaska Air Defense Identity Zone on Friday, May 11. It has been reported twitter NORAD.
It was stated that Russian aircraft were accompanied by F-16 and F-22 warplanes, E-3 AWACS airborne early warning and control aircraft and KC-135 Stratotanker tanker.
NORAD noted that aircraft belonging to the Russian Aerospace Forces operate in international airspace.
On May 12, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the commissioning of two Tu-95MS strategic missile carriers. fulfilled 13-hour scheduled flight over the neutral waters of the Chukchi Sea. The missile carriers were accompanied by MiG-31, Su-30SM and Su-35S fighters of the Eastern Military District Air Force and Air Defense Unit.
Previously, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said that the Tu-95MS missile carriers afflicted Air patrol during exercises of the Pacific Fleet flying over the neutral waters of the Bering and Okhotsk Seas.