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Top U.S. General Says Russia's Increasing Military Flights Around Alaska Are 'A Strain On Our Units'
An F-22 intercepts a Russian Tu-95 bomber near Alaska. NORAD
Business Insider: Russia's increasing military flights around Alaska are 'a strain on our units,' top US commander says
* Numerous US officials have said that Russian military flights around Alaska have increased.
* Responding to them strains Air Force units in Alaska, the top commander there said Wednesday.
* But they still do it "in a timely, professional manner" and "with style," Air Force Lt. Gen. David Krumm said.
Russian military flights around Alaska are taxing the US units that respond to them, but they are handling the strain well, the top US commander in Alaska said Wednesday.
Air Force Lt. Gen. David Krumm, head of Alaskan Command, is the latest US military official to warn about those flights, which have "increased significantly."
"As a matter of fact, the highest activity we've had since the fall of the Soviet Union occurred last year," Krumm said at an Air Force Association event. "So we've intercepted more airplanes in and around the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone than in a really, really long time."
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WNU Editor: The U.S. Air Force dwarfs the Russian Air Force. But apparently these few Russian flights off the border of Alaska is straining the US Air Force.
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