consisted of a pair Tu-95 bombers escorted by two Su-35 fighterjets and an A-50 airborne early warning and control aircraft, NORAD said. The second formation, which came within 32 nautical ...
So, at around 3 pm, F-16 fighterjets from three different air bases were sent to intercept and investigate the jet. By 3:20 pm, two F-16s from Maryland reached the aircraft. While it took ...
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) scrambles the airplanes ... called Kendall to ensure that the transfer of the fighterjets could move forward, which the Air Force secretary ...
Surveillance in the defense zone is maintained for national security reasons. NORAD said it uses a "network of satellites, ground-based and airborne radars and fighteraircraft to detect and ...