The North American Aerospace Defense Command, NORAD, said it detected and tracked a Russian military aircraft operating in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone, ADIZ. NORAD disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday,

Russian military aircraft were spotted flying in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on Tuesday and Wednesday, U.S. officials said.

Russian aircraft remained in international airspace and did not enter US or Canadian sovereign territory, says North American Aerospace Defense Command - Anadolu Ajansı

The incident comes just weeks after American and Canadian fighter jets were scrambled when multiple Russian warplanes were spotted in the Arctic.