09:30, 10 April 2020
The airplanes did not enter the U.S. or Canadian airspace.
The U.S. Air Force intercepted Russian maritime reconnaissance airplanes that were on their way to Alaska. The Diplomat reported that the incident took place over the Bering Sea, north of the Aleutian Islands.
NORAD reported that “F-22 fighters, supported by KC-135 Stratotanker and E-3 AWACS aircraft from the North American Aerospace Defense Command intercepted two Russian IL-38 aircraft entering the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone on April 8th, 2020”.
“COVID-19 or not, NORAD continues actively watching for threats and defending the homelands 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year,” said General Terrence J. O’Shaughnessy, the NORAD commander. “This is the latest of several occasions in the past month in which we have intercepted Russian aircraft operating near the approaches to our nations. We continue to execute our no-fail homeland defense missions with the same capability and capacity we always bring to the fight,” wrote The Diplomat.
Russian aircraft have been repeatedly provoking U.S. Air Force, approaching the U.S. airspace.
© 112 UA 2020
Corona diet is really good! 🎅
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Good for you Mike, how are you doing now?
I’m doink okay. 😀
So you think you’re getting better and better right?
No. But i’m not getting worse. I’m in constant stability now..
BTW, how are you doing? Wife, business okay?
We are ok, thanks. The kids and grandkids too. The little ones don’t like birthdays in quarantine 😉 Stay strong Mike, you faced worse than this.
Once … just one time … would I like to see us shooting down one of mafia land’s provocateur.
That would be the end of the mafiosi provocation. Sure, tears would flow from the little girls in the Kremlin but that would be about it.
That cat and mouse game has been going on forever. My fiance it use to happen in the 60’s when he was in northern Maine.
You’re right. I don’t think the Russian invaders are very good at reading maps…and certainly not treaties.