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RandySF

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Tue Apr 18, 2017, 11:18 PM Apr 2017

US F-22s intercept Russian bombers off Alaska coast

Washington (CNN)Two Russian TU-95 Bear bombers were intercepted in international airspace off the coast of Alaska by two US F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft on Monday, the Pentagon confirmed to CNN.

The intercept, which was described by a US military official as safe and professional, took place about 100 miles from Kodiak Island after the Russian aircraft flew into the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone.

There was no cockpit-to-cockpit radio communication between the US and Russian pilots, the US official told CNN.


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US F-22s intercept Russian bombers off Alaska coast (Original Post) RandySF Apr 2017 OP
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