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Business Recorder
4 days ago
- Politics
- Business Recorder
Trump-Putin summit to take place on US military base
WASHINGTON: The summit between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will be held at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska, a White House official said Wednesday. The two leaders will meet on Friday to discuss an end to the more than three-year war in Ukraine, in what will be their first standalone summit since a 2018 meeting in Helsinki. Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson – located near Alaska state capital Anchorage – is made up of the Elmendorf Air Force base and the Army's Fort Richardson, which were combined in 2010. Kremlin says Trump-Putin meeting agreed for 'coming days' The base is the headquarters for entities including Alaska Command – responsible for US forces in the state – as well as the Alaskan NORAD Region, which helps provide aerospace control and warning. The US military regularly conducts intercepts of Russian aircraft that venture near American airspace in Alaska, contacting Moscow's planes visually or electronically. Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and Trump has spent the first months of his second term in office trying to broker a peace accord, an effort that has so far failed to yield a breakthrough.
Yahoo
20-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Russian aircraft fly in Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone, US says
Russian military aircraft were spotted flying in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on Tuesday and Wednesday, activity that North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said "occurs regularly and is not seen as a threat." In both instances, NORAD said the Russian aircraft were detected and tracked. The Russian aircraft remained in international airspace and didn't enter American or Canadian sovereign airspace. NORAD said "an ADIZ begins where sovereign airspace ends and is a defined stretch of international airspace that requires the ready identification of all aircraft in the interest of national security." The activity comes as President Donald Trump is working to begin negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end Russia's war in Ukraine. Trump Calls Ukraine's Zelenskyy A 'Dictator Without Elections' As Rift Widens The latest detections of Russian aircraft flying in the ADIZ come less than a month after NORAD, which comprises U.S. and Canadian forces under a joint command, said it monitored multiple Russian military aircraft activity in the Arctic. Read On The Fox News App While the Russian aircraft in that instance also remained in international airspace and was not seen as a threat, NORAD said it launched a combat air patrol from its Canadian NORAD Region to the northern region of Canada, and an air patrol from its Alaskan NORAD Region off the coast of the Alaska/Yukon border, to further track the activity. NORAD in September addressed a tense moment between Russian and NORAD forces depicted on video, in which a Russian Su-35 whipped directly in front of a NORAD F-16, apparently taking it by surprise, over the ADIZ. Eu Warns Trump Against Letting Putin Divide The Us And Europe: 'Let's Not Do Him The Favor' NORAD said at the time that the "unprofessional air maneuver directed at our NORAD F-16" occurred while it "was conducting a routine professional intercept of a Russian Tu-95 aircraft" on Sept. 23. Gen. Gregory Guillot, Commander of the North American Defense Command and the U.S. Northern Command, condemned the dangerous behavior in a statement at the time. Click To Get The Fox News App "NORAD aircraft flew a safe and disciplined intercept of Russian Military Aircraft in the Alaska ADIZ. The conduct of one Russian Su-35 was unsafe, unprofessional, and endangered all – not what you'd see in a professional air force," Guillot said. Fox News Digital's Caitlin McFall contributed to this article source: Russian aircraft fly in Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone, US says
Fox News
20-02-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Russian aircraft fly in Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone, US says
Russian military aircraft were spotted flying in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on Tuesday and Wednesday, activity that North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said "occurs regularly and is not seen as a threat." In both instances, NORAD said the Russian aircraft were detected and tracked. The Russian aircraft remained in international airspace and didn't enter American or Canadian sovereign airspace. NORAD said "an ADIZ begins where sovereign airspace ends and is a defined stretch of international airspace that requires the ready identification of all aircraft in the interest of national security." The activity comes as President Donald Trump is working to begin negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end Russia's war in Ukraine. The latest detections of Russian aircraft flying in the ADIZ come less than a month after NORAD, which comprises U.S. and Canadian forces under a joint command, said it monitored multiple Russian military aircraft activity in the Arctic. While the Russian aircraft in that instance also remained in international airspace and was not seen as a threat, NORAD said it launched a combat air patrol from its Canadian NORAD Region to the northern region of Canada, and an air patrol from its Alaskan NORAD Region off the coast of the Alaska/Yukon border, to further track the activity. NORAD in September addressed a tense moment between Russian and NORAD forces depicted on video, in which a Russian Su-35 whipped directly in front of a NORAD F-16, apparently taking it by surprise, over the ADIZ. NORAD said at the time that the "unprofessional air maneuver directed at our NORAD F-16" occurred while it "was conducting a routine professional intercept of a Russian Tu-95 aircraft" on Sept. 23. Gen. Gregory Guillot, Commander of the North American Defense Command and the U.S. Northern Command, condemned the dangerous behavior in a statement at the time. "NORAD aircraft flew a safe and disciplined intercept of Russian Military Aircraft in the Alaska ADIZ. The conduct of one Russian Su-35 was unsafe, unprofessional, and endangered all – not what you'd see in a professional air force," Guillot said.
Yahoo
31-01-2025
- Yahoo
NORAD responds to 'multiple' Russian jets near Alaska, Yukon
Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Russian military jets were "not seen as a threat" when they flew through international airspace not far from the border with Canada and the United States, the North American Aerospace Defense Command confirmed. Multiple Russian military aircraft were observed in the Arctic earlier this week, according to the release issued by NORAD. "The Russian aircraft remained in international airspace and did not enter Alaskan or Canadian Air Defense Identification Zones or sovereign airspace. This activity is not seen as a threat," the NORAD statement reads. "Under its mission of maintaining comprehensive domain awareness in the Arctic, NORAD launched a combat air patrol from its Canadian NORAD Region to the northern region of Canada, and an air patrol from its Alaskan NORAD Region off the coast of the Alaska/Yukon border, to further track the activity." The military organization scrambled a pair of Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 fighter jets along with a KC-135 refueling aircraft tanker. Two U.S. Air Force F-35s also responded, as well as one E-3 Sentry, an airborne warning and control system, or AWACS, aircraft designed for surveillance and tracking. American refuelling tankers were also dispatched. Hours later, NORAD sent a U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets to Greenland from a base in Alaska, part of what the military command calls a standard agreement "to forward posture NORAD presence in the Arctic." The agency said the move is "not in response to any current threat." NORAD did not characterize the recent Russian activity as instigative or unsafe. Last September, a Russian military jet was filmed flying dangerously close to an American fighter plane, patrolling off the coast of Alaska. NORAD later condemned the action of the Russian Su-35 pilot, saying it was "unsafe, unprofessional and endangered all."
