North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) stated, American fighter F-22 intercepted two Russian Tu-95 in the identification area of air defense near Alaska. It is reported by The Washington Free Beacon, with reference to the representative of Scott Miller Command.
Two of the F-22, NORAD intercepted and identified two Russian long-range bombers Tu-95, flying in the air defense identification zone off the west coast of Alaska, north of the Aleutian Islands - the US military said.
According to him, Two Tu-95 entered the dvuhsotmilnuyu (320 kilometers) NORAD area of responsibility over the Bering Sea. After that, the American aircraft to follow them, until they left the air defense identification zone.
The representative of the American command said, that the bombers did not cross the US Air Canada border, only flew over international waters and did not violate international agreements.
As reported by the Ministry of Defense, Tu-95MS accompanied by antisubmarine aircraft Tu-142 completed the planned flights over neutral waters of the Arctic Ocean, Bering and Okhotsk Seas. In particular, they worked aerial refueling. Aircraft accompanied MiG-31 and SU-35.
