April 9 (UPI) -- U.S. Air Force fighter jets intercepted two Russian patrol aircraft near Alaska this week, according to North American Aerospace Defense Command.
An unspecified number of F-22 Raptors "intercepted two Russian IL-38 aircraft entering the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone" in the Bering Sea north of the Aleutian Islands on Wednesday, according to NORAD's Twitter feed.