NORAD Intercepts 4 Russian Reconnaissance Planes Near Alaska

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NORAD Intercepts 4 Russian Reconnaissance Planes Near Alaska
Air Force Magazine
June 28, 2020 | By Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory

F-22s from the North American Aerospace Defense Command, with help from KC-135 tankers and an E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System, intercepted Russian aircraft near Alaska for the second time in a week and the sixth time this month.

On June 27, the NORAD fighters intercepted four Russian Tu-142 reconnaissance planes as they encroached upon the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone, according to a command release.

“The Tu-142s came within 65 nautical miles [74.8 miles] south of the Alaskan Aleutian island chain and loitered in the ADIZ for nearly eight hours,” stated the release...

...The June 27 intercept was the second interaction between U.S. and Russian aircraft in two days. A day earlier, Russian fighter aircraft intercepted a U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon, a U.S. Air Force RC-135, and a USAF KC-135 tanker over the Black Sea—the second such intercept in the Black Sea region in about a month. On May 29, Russian Su-27 and Su-30SM fighters intercepted USAF B-1s that were flying with Ukrainian Su-27s and MiG-29s in the area...

https://www.airforcemag.com/norad-intercepts-4-russian-reconnaissance-planes-near-alaska/

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1. Putin's reminding Trump who's boss.

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2. Just Putin putting on a show

to honor trump.

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3. Maybe they are scouting Alaska

It did belong to Russia before US purchased it from them...

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4. This is a great article that puts this report in an operational context ( fromThe Drive/the Warzone)

Russia Sent Three Types Of Fighters To Intercept B-52s Flying Rare Mission Into Sea Of Okhotsk (Updated)
The sorties into the Sea of Okhotsk come amid an increase in American and Russian aerial activity around each others' borders.
BY JOSEPH TREVITHICK JUNE 19, 2020

It's worth noting that B-52Hs, as well as B-1Bs and B-2s, have flown a near-constant, if irregularly scheduled long-range training missions across the Pacific region, as well as in and around Europe, since the Air Force adopted the Dynamic Force Employment model for bomber operations in April. This followed the abrupt decision to end the Continuous Bomber Presence mission that same month, which The War Zone was first to report.

Under the Continuous Bomber Presence concept, which the service implemented 2004, new rotations of bombers deployed to the island of Guam in the Pacific roughly every six months. The goal of the Dynamic Force Employment concept, which the U.S. military as a whole has been increasingly employing, is to make it more difficult for potential adversaries to predict and monitor deployments, adding more uncertainty and risk into their operational planning processes.

A lot more in this article:

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/34220/russia-sent-three-types-of-fighters-to-intercept-b-52s-flying-rare-mission-into-sea-of-okhotsk