ALERT US F-22s were scrambled to intercept two groups of Russian Tu-95s and Su-35 near Alaska

The U.S. military scrambled five aircraft Monday to intercept two groups of Russian warplanes that flew in opposite directions off the coast of Alaska but never entered sovereign U.S. airspace, officials with the bi-national North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) said Tuesday. First, NORAD dispatched two F-22 Raptor stealth fighters based in Alaska to intercept…