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Alaskan Command Intercepted More Than 60 Russian Aircraft Last Year, May Consider Intercept Alternatives to F-22

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, April 28th, 2021

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Alaskan Command Intercepted More Than 60 Russian Aircraft Last Year, May Consider Intercept Alternatives to F-22

An F-22 Raptor from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska intercepts a Russian Tu-95 Bear bomber on June 9th last year (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Alaskan Command used U.S. Air Force F-22 fighters by Lockheed Martin [LMT] to intercept more than 60 Russian aircraft last year, including Tupolev Tu-95 Bear bombers, and the command may pursue options for the intercept mission to reduce the workload on the fifth-generation fighter, Air Force Lt. Gen. David Krumm, the head of Alaskan Command and the commander of 11th Air Force at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), Alaska, said on Apr. 28. "We have certainly seen an increase in Russian…

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