Overview

• The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) tracked four Russian military aircraft in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on Monday.
• The Russian aircraft did not enter American or Canadian sovereign airspace and remained in international airspace.
• This incident marks the fifth time in September that Russian planes have been detected in the Alaska ADIZ.
• The U.S. recently deployed around 130 troops to Alaska's Aleutian Islands in response to increased Russian and Chinese military exercises in the region.
• Russia's defense ministry confirmed that two Tupolev Tu-95MS missile carriers were involved in the latest flight near Alaska.