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Russian and Chinese bombers were intercepted flying together for the first time near the US
The US intercepted Russian and Chinese bombers near Alaska on Wednesday, a few days after Beijing a…
Mia Jankowicz
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The family of a Florida GOP megadonor was on board the private plane that sparked NORAD to scramble fighter jets before crashing
John Rumpel said his daughter, 2-year-old granddaughter, a nanny, and a pilot were onboard a plane …
Kelly McLaughlin
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NORAD scrambled an F-16 to intercept an apparently wayward civilian business jet that flew over DC and later crashed
A wayward and unresponsive plane flew over the nation's capital Sunday causing the military to scra…
Associated Press,Chris Kaye
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Russia's hunted A-50 command planes are its eyes over Ukraine. Here's how it compares to the Boeing E-3 Sentry.
Russia's Beriev A-50 and the Boeing E-3 Sentry have played important roles in the Ukraine war. Here…
Benjamin Brimelow
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NORAD started tracking St. Nick on Christmas Eve after a child tried to call Santa's phone number but got the Air Force instead. Now 1,500 helpers answer the hotline every year.
The practice started in 1955 after a newspaper misprinted a Santa hotline number meant for a local …
Hannah Getahun
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The US military wants to get ahead of 'more complex' Russian operations, top North American commander says
"Clearly Russia is trying to reassert on a global stage their influence and their capabilities," Ge…
Christopher Woody
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US general says NORAD responded to more Russian military flights near Alaska last year than any year since the Cold War
The general characterized Russia as the "most acute challenge to our homeland defense mission" in w…
Ryan Pickrell
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With a trove of declassified images, the US is shining a light on risky Chinese maneuvers it says could lead to war
"Risky" intercepts of US planes can "cause accidents, and dangerous accidents can lead to an inadve…
Christopher Woody
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The Oregon man who told Biden, 'Let's go, Brandon,' in a livestreamed Christmas Eve call says the 2020 election was '100% stolen' from Trump
During an interview on Steve Bannon's "War Room" podcast, Jared Schmeck said, "Trump is my presiden…
John L. Dorman
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US fighters have rushed to intercept 8 Russian bombers approaching Alaska in the past week
Russian military aircraft have penetrated NORAD air defense identification zones eight times this y…
Ryan Pickrell
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US F-22 stealth fighters intercepted Russian bombers that came 'within 20 nautical miles' of Alaska
NORAD dispatched fighter jets and support aircraft to intercept two Russian aircraft formations fly…
Ryan Pickrell
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The US military is practicing fending off enemy bombers threatening the homeland with fighters and an aircraft carrier in a major exercise
The large-scale exercise is a first-of-its-kind event that will bring together a number of differen…
Ryan Pickrell
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US Air Force F-16s intercepted an unauthorized aircraft flying in a restricted area over a Trump rally
When President Donald Trump saw the F-16 deploy signal flares, he told a crowd that they were putti…
Ryan Pickrell
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PHOTO: A U-2 pilot took a selfie with the Chinese spy balloon the day before the Air Force shot it down
A top Pentagon official told reporters that they can "confirm the photo's authenticity" after it be…
Jake Epstein,Christopher Woody
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An F-16 fighter jet missed on its first try to shoot down a mysterious object over Lake Huron, top US general says
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said the first missile that missed landed "h…
Jake Epstein
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Here's why mysterious flying objects are suddenly popping up all over the place, according to the general leading the commands shooting them down
The command tasked with defending North American airspace changed its radar filters to spot smaller…
Jake Epstein,Grace Eliza Good…
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The US has shot down 3 suspicious flying objects in 3 days. Here's what we know about the UAP floating over North America.
Unidentified anomalous phenomena shot down over Alaska and Canada this weekend have not been offici…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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The US military didn't know if the missile that took out a Chinese spy balloon would work when an F-22 took the shot, commander says
The F-22 pilot fired a single AIM-9X Sidewinder missile to down the balloon, which was operating at…