The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) scrambled fighter jets on Wednesday to intercept four Russian military aircraft detected near Alaska, the US-Canadian defense organization said Thursday. Norad tracked two Tu-95 long-range strategic bombers and two Su-35 advanced fighter jets operating in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). In response, the command deployed an E-3 surveillance aircraft, four F-16 fighter jets, and four KC-135 tanker planes to monitor and identify the Russian planes. "The Russian military aircraft remained in international airspace and did not enter American or Canadian sovereign airspace. This Russian activity in the Alaskan ADIZ occurs regularly and is not seen as a threat," Norad stated. Norad noted that the Alaskan Air Defense I

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