In response to Russian fighter jets, NORAD sent its four F-16 jets, four KC-135 refueling aircraft, and an E-3 surveillance plane to identify and intercept the planes.

Russian warplanes spotted near Alaska, intercepted by US military: Here's what we know

US and Russian warplanes had a close encounter when two of Vladimir Putin's nuclear bombers were sighted near Alaska. Watch in for more details!

BREAKING: US and Russian warplanes came face-to-face near Alaska

Ukraine on Friday (Apr 5) claimed to have killed or injured at least 20 Russian officials during an attack on the Morozovsk military air base in the Rostov region.

Ukraine claims at least 20 members of Russian airfield personnel killed or injured during attack

Amid heightened tensions between the West and Russia, Russian nuclear-capable warplanes were spotted over the Pacific. The Tu-95 bombers were intercepted after "entering and operating within the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone.

US fighter jets intercept two Russian planes

Japanese Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi on Tuesday (May 24) said that Chinese and Russian fighter jets carried out joint flights near Japan as leaders of the Quad group (Japan, the US, India and Australia) met in Tokyo.

Watch: During Quad Summit, Japan scrambled jets after Russian and Chinese warplanes flew near airspace

The Russians apparently had observed IS fighters moving out of the area and so wrongly assumed that incoming forces were jihadists

Russian jets accidentally bombed US-backed forces in Syria: US general

The secretary general called for an immediate probe, adding that the repeated attacks on schools in Syria 'may amount to war crimes'

UN chief demands probe into air strikes that killed 22 Syrian school children