US and Canadian forces scrambled fighter jets after NORAD detected Russian planes operating in the Alaskan and Canadian Air Defense Identification Zones.

Two Russian TU-142 military aircraft were tracked near Alaska and Canada.

North American Aerospace Defense Command scrambled jet fighters, AWACs and other aircraft to intercept, identify and monitor the Russians.

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Russia wondered if anyone in North America was watching. The North American Aerospace Defense Command was. On Wednesday, with most of the world’s eyes on the burgeoning conflict in the Middle East, Russia sent two TU-142 military aircraft into the Alaskan and Canadian Air Defense Identification Zones,

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