US fighter jets scrambled to intercept two Russian bombers near AlaskaAlthough the Russian aircraft did not enter American or Canadian sovereign airspace, the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) said it "detected, tracked, positively identified and intercepted" the bombers as they were within the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).Wednesday 19 October 2022 10:32, UKTwo US F-16 fighter jets were dispatched to intercept a pair of Russian bombers that flew close to Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) has said.The Tu-95 Bear-H bombers were intercepted on Monday after "entering and operating within the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ)", NORAD said in a statement on Tuesday.Although the Russian aircraft did not enter American or Canadian sovereign airspace, NORAD said it "detected, tracked, positively identified and intercepted" the bombers as they were within the ADIZ.According to the Federal Aviation Administration, air defence identification zones are areas of airspace that require all aircraft to be identified and located to have their flight plans controlled "in the interest of national security"."