Alaska Public Media:

Members of an Alaska Air National Guard unit at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson detected and tracked five Russian aircraft that flew near Alaska last week.

The Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing identified the Russian aircraft on Thursday when they entered international airspace off Alaska.

A statement issued by the wing Monday says its Air Defense Squadron continued tracking the aircraft as they flew through the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone, then relayed that information to the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD.

NORAD said the planes entered the zone around 6 p.m. Thursday and left about 90 minutes later. The agency didn’t say from which direction the planes approached Alaska…

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