US Scrambles F-16 Fighters to Intercept Another Russian Spy Plane Near Alaska

The incident is the fourth time this month a Russian plane entered an Air Defense Identification Zone near Alaska.

An F-16 flies at the Air Dot Show Tour at the Orange County Airport in Montgomery, N.Y., on Aug. 23, 2025. Larry Dye/The Epoch Times

The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said it detected another Russian plane flying near Alaska on Tuesday and was forced to scramble U.S. military jets to respond, in what was the fourth time in about a week that Russia had flown planes near the state.

NORAD said a Russian military IL-20 surveillance aircraft was detected flying near the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).