Quote:A pair of Russian nuclear-capable bombers flew near Alaska Monday night, two U.S. officials told Fox News, coming as close as 100 miles from Kodiak Island -- the first time since President Trump took office that Moscow has sent bombers so close to the U.S.

The two Russian Tu-95 “Bear” bombers flew roughly 280 miles southwest of Elmendorf Air Force Base, within the Air Defense Identification Zone of the United States.

The U.S. Air Force scrambled two F-22 stealth fighter jets and an E-3 airborne early warning plane to intercept the Russian bombers.

The American jets flew alongside the Russian bombers for 12 minutes, before the Russian bombers reversed course and headed back to their base in eastern Russia.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/04/18/rus...-jets.html

Otherwise known as Monday.

This is quite common.

(04-18-2017 11:33 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  This is quite common.

I love journalists......

Quote:A pair of Russian nuclear-capable bombers flew near Alaska Monday night, two U.S. officials told Fox News, coming as close as 100 miles from Kodiak Island -- the first time since President Trump took office that Moscow has sent bombers so close to the U.S.

Sooooooooooo, around 100 days?

I bet Sarah Palin saw them taking off.

(04-18-2017 11:57 AM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  

(04-18-2017 11:33 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  This is quite common.

I love journalists......

Quote:A pair of Russian nuclear-capable bombers flew near Alaska Monday night, two U.S. officials told Fox News, coming as close as 100 miles from Kodiak Island -- the first time since President Trump took office that Moscow has sent bombers so close to the U.S.

Sooooooooooo, around 100 days?

Yep...happens several times most years. They also buzz our navy ships a few times a year as well.

Like I said...it's common and not a rarity.

(04-18-2017 11:59 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  I bet Sarah Palin saw them taking off.

Nope but Tina Fey did.

(04-18-2017 11:59 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  I bet Sarah Palin saw them taking off.

Hillary saw them through the sniper fire as she was escorted quickly off the runway.

(04-18-2017 11:59 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  I bet Sarah Palin saw them taking off.

You mean Tina Fey, not Sarah Palin, right?

(04-18-2017 12:07 PM)LeFlâneur Wrote:  

(04-18-2017 11:59 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  I bet Sarah Palin saw them taking off.

Nope but Tina Fey did.

Well played. Unfortunately your comment will be lost on those that don't realize what was actually said in that wildly misquoted line.

The real danger is a mistake.

Don't ever forget Korean Air 007.

Russian bombers again fly near Alaska

Quote:For the second consecutive night, Russia flew two long-range bombers off the coast of Alaska on Tuesday, this time coming within 36 miles of the mainland while flying north of the Aleutian Islands, two U.S. officials told Fox News.

The two nuclear-capable Tu-95H bombers were spotted by U.S. military radar at 5 p.m. local time.

Unlike a similar incident Monday night, this time the U.S. Air Force did not scramble any fighter jets.

Instead, it launched a single E-3 Sentry early warning aircraft, known as AWACS, to make sure there were only the two Russian bombers flying near Alaska, and not other aircraft flying underneath the large bombers.

U.S. territorial waters extend 12 nautical miles from shore.

Two Russian bombers flew within 100 miles of Alaska on Monday night.

The Russian bombers took off from an airbase in Petropavlovsk, Russia and returned five hours later to an airbase in Anadyr. Both locations are in eastern Russia, some 1,000 miles away.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/04/19/rus...laska.html

Looks like Russia may be reminiscing about Seward's Folly.