The North American Aerospace Defense Command once again quickly launched fighter jets to intercept Russian planes after four were spotted over the waters near Alaska. Last month, in the face of multiple Russian incursions into the ADIZ, NORAD scrambled a pair of F-16s in each instance. According to NORAD the four Russian aircraft stayed in international airspace and the scrambled planes tracked them during their flight. In late August NORAD reported three separate incursions into the ADIZ by Russian military planes. During August, NORAD scrambled jets three times in response to the same number of Russian incursions into the Alaskan ADIZ.