He was given the red carpet treatment, a military flyover and a rare ride in the presidential limousine.

But nearly six weeks after Vladimir Putin was invited to an historic summit with Donald Trump in Alaska, the U.S. intercepted Russian bombers and fighter jets that flew near the state this week in an apparent test of America’s defense systems.

Two Russian Tu-95 long-range strategic bombers and two Su-35 fighter jets were seen flying in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone on Wednesday, which is international airspace that abuts U.S. and Canadian sovereign airspace.

North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) responded by sending four F-16 fighter jets, a surveillance aircraft, and KC-135 tanker planes, “to positively identify and intercept” the Russian aircraft.

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