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U.S. fighter jets intercept Russian bombers

Two U.S. fighter jets intercepted two Russian bombers flying near the western coast of Alaska on Friday, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said in a statement. The incident happened as the Russian jets were flying in the Air Defense Identification Zone around Alaska's western coast, north of the Aleutian Islands.
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