Russian Fighter Jets And Surveillance Aircraft Are Now Being Intercepted On A Daily Basis

A U.S. F-15 out of Elmendorf Air Force Base (before it was re-named Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson) escorts a Russian Tu-95 Bear bomber out of Alaska airspace in 2006. Credit Wikipedia.org

U.S., Allies Scramble Jets Almost Daily To Repel Russian Incursions -- Washington Times

Moscow’s military provocations signal return to Cold War-era gamesmanship

Russian military provocations have increased so much over the seven months since Moscow annexed Crimea from Ukraine that Washington and its allies are scrambling defense assets on a nearly daily basis in response to air, sea and land incursions by Vladimir Putin’s forces.

Not only is Moscow continuing to foment unrest in Eastern Ukraine, U.S. officials and regional security experts say Russian fighter jets are testing U.S. reaction times over Alaska and Japan’s ability to scramble planes over its northern islands — all while haunting Sweden’s navy and antagonizing Estonia’s tiny national security force.

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My Comment: Russian jets intercepted over the Baltic Sea .... Nato jets 'intercept Russian spy plane' over Baltic (BBC). Russian jets intercepted by Japanese fighter planes .... Japan Intercepted Record Number of Chinese and Russian Military Aircraft (USNI). U.S. and Canadian fighter jets intercepting Russian bombers near Alaska .... US, Canada send fighter jets to intercept Russian aircraft (Reuters). Yup .... a definite trend.