What has Happened: Last evening, two Russian TU-95 Bear and two Chinese H-6 bombers flew into the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) in international airspace near the Alaskan coast. These warplanes were intercepted by U.S. and Canadian fighters and marked the first time ever that strategic bombers from both Russia and China operated together near North America. The Russian and Chinese bombers all took off from a Russian air base and this incident is seen as another example of security cooperation between the two countries. However, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said in its statement that the ... Academy SITREP – Chinese and Russian Bombers Intercepted Off Alaskan Coast