The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) announced on Tuesday that military fighter jets were deployed to track a Russian spy plane that was detected in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone. In a Tuesday press release, NORAD officials confirmed that an IL-20 COOT, a Russian reconnaissance aircraft, was detected and tracked while operating inside …
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The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) announced on Tuesday that military fighter jets were deployed to track a Russian spy plane that was detected in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone.
In a Tuesday press release, NORAD officials confirmed that an IL-20 COOT, a Russian reconnaissance aircraft, was detected and tracked while operating inside the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone. The press release noted that NORAD scrambled two F-16s, an E-3, and a KC-135 tanker aircraft to “positively identify” the Russian reconnaissance aircraft near Alaska.
