Russian Military Planes Fly by Alaska for a FOURTH Night in a Row
- Russian Military Planes Fly by Alaska for a FOURTH Night in a Row
by ASHLEY COLLMAN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM , http://www.dailymail.co.uk/, 21 April 2017
* Russia has been sending military aircraft close to Alaska every night this week since Monday
* The planes have stayed in international air space every time
* But the move is concerning since Russian planes have not flown this close to Alaska since 2015
* On Monday, two TU-95 bombers were intercepted by American F-22 fighter jets about 100 miles off Kodiak Island
* Two of the same kind of bombers flew within 36 miles of the Alaskan coastline, north of the Aleutian Islands, Tuesday night
* The U.S. military did not scramble fighter jets Tuesday or Wednesday night, when a pair of spy plains flew near the Aleutian Islands
* On Thursday night, the Russians sent their nuclear-capable bombers out again
* American and Canadian fighter jets were dispatched to intercept the bombers about 700 miles southwest of Anchorage
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