NORAD has detected Chinese aircraft in the U.S. air defense zone off Alaska for the first time.
American and Canadian fighter aircraft intercepted two Russian and two Chinese nuclear-capable bombers off the coast of Alaska on Wednesday, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said, the first time China's strategic air asset has been detected near U.S. territory in the area.The Russian Tu-95 and Chinese H-6 military aircraft were detected in Alaska's air defense identification zone, according to NORAD.
It followed previous similar encounters in the area in 2021 and 2022.Russian aircraft frequently operate in or near the Alaska ADIZ. However, the Chinese bomber sorties were a first, along with the first time Russian and Chinese warplanes had encroached on the Alaska air defense zone at the same time, a U.S. defense official told the specialist Air and Space Forces Magazine.At a House Armed Services Committee hearing in March, U.S. Air Force Gen. Gregory Guillot, head of NORAD and U.S.
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