On Tuesday, two Eielson-based F-16s intercepted two Tu-95Hs in the Alaska Air Defense ID zone. A JBER-based F-22 accompanies a Russian Tu-95H bomber in the Alaska Air Defense Identification zone in September 2018. But most recent intercepts have conducted by F-22 Raptor fighters out of Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson. It’s not unusual for Russian aircraft to enter the Alaska air-defense ID zone and be intercepted by Alaska-based aircraft. But a North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) spokesperson says the jets usually are otherwise assigned to the 18th Aggressor Squadron under Eielson’s 354th Fighter Wing. The F-16s were assigned to the North American Aerospace Defense Command.
That’s international airspace, so the F-16s accompanied the Cold-War-era bombers as they transited the air-defense ID zone.
The two F-16s detected, tracked, identified and intercepted the Tu-95 Bear bombers on Tuesday after they flew into the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone. Two Eielson Air Force Base F-16 fighter jets intercepted a pair of Russian bombers in international airspace off Alaska earlier this week. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Peter Reft) 15, 2014, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, during Red Flag-Alaska 15-1. An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 354th Aggressor Squadron takes off Oct.
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