US fighter jets intercept 6 Russian bombers, jets near Alaska amid ongoing exercises

A group of US fighter jets intercepted six Russian military aircraft near Alaska where ongoing US military training exercises were being conducted, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said on Sunday.

NORAD said it “detected, tracked, positively identified and intercepted six Russian aircraft operating in and near the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ)” on Thursday.

 "The Alaskan Region of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) detected, tracked, positively identified and intercepted six Russian aircraft operating in and near the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on May 11, 2023," the statement reads.

"NORAD aircraft, including F-16 fighters, F-22 fighters, KC-135 Stratotankers, and E-3 AWACS, conducted the mission," NORAD specified.

"Russian aircraft remained in international airspace and did not enter American or Canadian sovereign airspace," the statement added. "This Russian activity in the North American ADIZ occurs regularly and is not seen as a threat," NORAD noted.