{"id":44870,"date":"2018-05-14T15:28:22","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T15:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/05\/14\/russian-bombers-intercepted-by-f-22s-off-alaskas-coast\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:40:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:40:04","slug":"russian-bombers-intercepted-by-f-22s-off-alaskas-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/14\/russian-bombers-intercepted-by-f-22s-off-alaskas-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian bombers intercepted by F-22s off Alaska\u2019s coast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A flight of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2017\/03\/30\/russian-long-range-bombers-used-in-war-games-in-tajikistan\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" style=\"\" target=\"_blank\"> long-range Russian bombers<\/a> were intercepted by American fighter jets off the western coast of Alaska Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two U.S. Air Force <a href=\"http:\/\/eng.mil.ru\/en\/news_page\/country\/more.htm?id=12175129@egNews\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">F-22 \u201cRaptor\u201d fighter jets<\/a> intercepted and visually identified what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/off-duty\/2017\/12\/20\/norad-adds-alexa-to-its-santa-tracking-toolkit\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">North American Aerospace Defense Command<\/a>, or NORAD, said were two Russian Tu-95 \u201cBear\u201d long-range bombers north of Alaska\u2019s Aleutian Islands.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the U.S. jets conducted the intercept, they continued to monitor the Russian bombers until they left the air defense identification zone, NORAD said in a statement to Military Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At no time did the bombers actually enter U.S. airspace, NORAD said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An air defense identification zone, or ADIZ, is airspace over land or water in which the identification, location and control of aircraft is jointly performed by civilian air traffic control and military authorities in the interest of national security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ADIZ often includes international airspace, a NORAD public affairs official said. The zone extends roughly 200 miles from the U.S. coastline, and it\u2019s \u201cperfectly normal\u201d for international aircraft to move through it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn fact, you could go 13 miles off the coast and you\u2019d be absolutely fine. It\u2019s when you cross 12 miles [from the coast] that things could get interesting,\u201d the official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That did not happen in this case. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2017\/11\/28\/russian-jet-buzzes-navy-aircraft-causing-violent-turbulence\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/poseidon.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Russian jet buzzes Navy aircraft, causing \u2018violent turbulence\u2019<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The incident took place during routine operations over the Black Sea, officials said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAt approximately 10 a.m. ET, two Alaskan-based NORAD F-22 fighters intercepted and visually identified two Russian Tu-95 \u2018Bear\u2019 long-range bomber aircraft flying in the air defense identification zone around the western coast of Alaska, north of the Aleutian Islands,\u201d NORAD spokesman Canadian Army Maj. Andrew Hennessy said in the statement.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a press release regarding the same incident, <a href=\"http:\/\/eng.mil.ru\/en\/news_page\/country\/more.htm?id=12175129@egNews\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\" target=\"_blank\">Russian Ministry of Defense officials<\/a> said their bombers were conducting a routine flight over neutral waters in the Arctic Ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Russian bombers were reportedly training alongside Russian Tu-142 anti-submarine aircraft over the Bering Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk, according to the Kremlin\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/12\/14\/us-f-22s-intercept-russian-fighter-jets-fire-warning-flares\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AIR-F-22-web.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US F-22s intercept Russian fighter jets, fire warning flares<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Two U.S. F-22 Raptors intercepted and fired warning flares at two Russian Su-25s over the tightly congested air space in Syria along the Euphrates River on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTwo U.S. Air Force\u2019s F-22 fighters were escorting the Russian aircraft along the patrol route [for] 40 minutes at a distance of 100 [meters],\u201d the translated statement reads. \u201cAll flights are made in strict compliance with the International Rules for the Use of Airspace, not violating the borders of any foreign countries.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NORAD public affairs official characterized the incident as \u201dperfectly legal\u201d and \u201cperfectly normal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Indeed, Russian aircraft are regularly intercepted by their American counterparts, and vice versa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this year, Russian Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jets intercepted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/01\/29\/russian-jets-fly-within-five-feet-of-navy-plane-over-black-sea\/\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Navy EP-3 Aries<\/a> \u2014 a signals and reconnaissance aircraft \u2014 over the Black Sea. That intercept, however, was deemed unsafe by U.S. Navy officials, who claimed the Russian aircraft came within 5 feet of the American crew before crossing through their flight path, according to a statement from U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">F-22s have also intercepted Russian aircraft recently in the congested airspace over Syria. 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