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The following day, NORAD again sent up two F-16s and a KC-135, along with an E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft to intercept and monitor the Russian IL-20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On both days, the Russian aircraft stayed in international airspace and did not enter into U.S. or Canadian sovereign airspace, NORAD said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Alaskan ADIZ, like other such zones, is a defined area of international airspace \u2014 which begins at the edge of sovereign airspace around the state \u2014 that requires any aircraft entering into it to be identified for national security reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NORAD said Russia activity regularly occurs in the Alaskan ADIZ, and is not considered a threat. Russian aircraft last entered the Alaskan ADIZ on July 22, according to NORAD statements. 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