ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – NORAD detected a Russian aircraft operating in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone Tuesday.
The Russian IL-20 COOT remained in the ADIZ and did not enter American or Canadian airspace, according to a press release from NORAD.
An ADIZ is a stretch of international airspace that requires the ready identification of all aircraft. NORAD identified the aircraft with an E-3, two F-16s and one KC-135 tanker…