Russia said Sunday it scrambled fighter jets to intercept two U.S. military long-range bomber aircraft that approached the Russian border over the Barents Sea in the Arctic.

A fighter jet carried out what is known as a "headbutt maneuver" to get the attention of one particular civilian pilot, the U ...

Russian fighter jets scrambled to intercept two US Air Force B-52H bombers approaching its border, the Russian Ministry of Defense said in a post on Telegram. "Russian airspace control systems ...

The US military intercepted eight Russian fighter jets near Alaska over the past week. Bloomberg via Getty Images. The Russian aircraft “remained in international airspace and did not enter ...

A Russian fighter jet intercepted two B-1B Lancers from Texas over the Baltic Sea on Tuesday as the bombers began a deployment in the European theater.

Two F-16 fighter jets were previously dispatched by NORAD to intercept separate Russian aircraft on Monday, which included a TU-95 BEARH-H and SU-35 fighter jet. "This is the second intercept of ...

Russia has claimed it scrambled one of its fighter jets to intercept a pair of US nuclear bombers over the Baltic Sea. The Russian Defence Ministry released the footage on Tuesday, which it ...

The U.S. has scrambled fighter jets after Russian military aircraft were detected near Alaska for the second time this week.. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said Friday that ...

Russian military aircraft have also been involved in risky incidents, including a string of unprofessional intercepts of US Navy P-8As by Su-35s a few years ago and multiple incidents in Syria ...

It comes as the RAF confirms it has intercepted 15 Russian aircraft in just six days during a busy period for British fighter jet pilots.

Both Finland and Sweden sent their own fighter jets, F/A-18s and JAS-39s respectively, to intercept the Su-30s. Photo provided by NATO showed the Russian fighter jets seemed to not have carried ...