Fighters from the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) on Sunday intercepted a Russian aircraft in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone for the third time in the past week, the command said in a statement.

For the third time in a week, American fighter jets were scrambled to respond to Russian aircraft near Alaska.

NORAD intercepted a Russian military plane off the coast of Alaska on Sunday, the third in less than a week, but the aircraft did not enter American or Canadian airspace.