Photo courtesy of the USAF. From the Anchorage Daily News...An F-15C Eagle from the 12th Fighter Squadron at Elmendorf Air Force Base, left, flies alongside a Russian Tu-95 "Bear" bomber Thursday, after the bomber approached the west coast of Alaska during an exercise. Colorado North American Aerospace Defense Command launched three pairs of fighters from the command's Alaskan NORAD Region and the Canadian NORAD Region in response to the Russian aircrafts penetration of North America's Air Defense Identification Zone, according to NORAD officials.¶ posted by The Editor 1:20 PM
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