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An F-16 Fighting Falcon, assigned to the 354th Fighter Wing, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, flies over the Joint Pacific-Alaska Range Complex, Alaska, during exercise Red Flag-Alaska 24-1, April 26, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julia Lebens, FILE)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

(WASHINGTON) — A Russian fighter jet crossed the path of an American F-16 last week coming within 50 feet of the nose of the American jet, said North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), which said the Russian pilot\u2019s action “endangered all.”<\/p>\n

NORAD released dramatic video on Monday that showed just how close the Russian fighter flew ahead of the American aircraft at a high rate of speed.<\/p>\n

The close encounter occurred on Sept. 23 during a flurry of activity by Russian aircraft that over the span of several days had flown through the Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) off of Alaska. The Alaska ADIZ is international airspace that stretches 150 miles from the Alaska coastline, but the U.S. requires that any aircraft transiting through it must identify themselves or be intercepted by NORAD aircraft.<\/p>\n

On that day, two U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets were sent to intercept two Russian Tu-95 bombers and the two Su-35 fighter jets that were escorting them.<\/p>\n

The video released by NORAD was taken from a camera mounted in the canopy of the F-16 aircraft providing a view of what the pilot was seeing as the fighter flew near one of the Russian bombers.<\/p>\n

Suddenly one of the Russian jets entered the field of view at a high rate of speed coming at what NORAD said was within 50 feet of the American plane\u2019s nose rolling to one side as it flew past.<\/p>\n

The video then showed the F-16’s nose wobbling from left to right, either as the American fighter pilot flew through the Russian aircraft’s wake or the pilot maintained control of the aircraft after the close encounter.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe conduct of one Russian Su-35 was unsafe, unprofessional, and endangered all \u2013 not what you\u2019d see in a professional air force,\u201d said Gen. Gregory Guillot, NORAD\u2019s top commander, in a comment posted on X.<\/p>\n

A NORAD statement about the intercept that day did not provide any indication that NORAD aircraft had intercepted the Russian planes only detailing that it had \u201cdetected and tracked four Russian military aircraft operating in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Russian aircraft remained in international airspace and did not enter American or Canadian sovereign airspace,\u201d said the release. \u201cThis Russian activity in the Alaska ADIZ occurs regularly and is not seen as a threat.\u201d<\/p>\n

The close encounter capped two weeks of incidents where NORAD said it had detected and tracked the aircraft as they flew through the ADIZ.<\/p>\n

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