COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) —

Two F-22 fighter jets intercepted six Russian military airplanes that neared the western coast of Alaska, military officials said Friday.

Lt. Col. Michael Jazdyk, a spokesman for the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, said the U.S. jets intercepted the planes about 55 nautical miles from the Alaskan coast at about 7 p.m. Pacific time Wednesday.

The Russian planes were identified as two IL-78 refueling tankers, two Mig-31 fighter jets and two Bear long-range bombers. They looped south and returned to their base in Russia after the U.S. jets were scrambled.

At about 1:30 a.m. Thursday, two Canadian CF-18 fighter jets intercepted two of the long-range bombers about 40 nautical miles off the Canadian coastline in the Beaufort Sea.

In both cases, the Russian planes entered the Air Defense Identification Zone, which extends about 200 miles from the coastline. They did not enter sovereign airspace of the United States or Canada.

Jazdyk said the fighter jets were scrambled "basically to let those aircraft know that we see them, and in case of a threat, to let them know we are there to protect our sovereign airspace."

In the past five years, jets under NORAD's command have intercepted more than 50 Russian bombers approaching North American airspace.

NORAD is a binational American and Canadian command responsible for air defense in North America.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/us-canadian-jets-intercept-8-russian-aircraft-232846452.html

This reminds me of a witchcrafts that scanned round TBJ's Synagogue four times before releasing its LB for catastrophic collapse and distrution of the church's massive guest building. Nigeria doesn't have Sovereign Airspace and a Defence Identification Zone? Where was Nigeria's Air Security Force to intercept the Aircraft(Witchcraft) that entered us right through our noses? Is Nigeria so helpless to complain this Trespass to UN or take their photo evidences to the Hague to ask the UN to find the Trouble shooters. Nigeria must rally TBJ. He has something so special that the invaders are jealous of and struggling to deprive him of. He is contributing to national economy, no doubt.

Damn Russia

show of strength....

Sneaky bastards!