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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (8153)	12/1/2000 10:34:10 AM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 10042

RUSSIAN BOMBERS PROBE NORTH AMERICAN AIRSPACE Dec. 1, 2000 Agence France Presse reported: "US and Canadian fighter aircraft moved to forward bases Thursday to counter expected probes of North American air defenses by Russian strategic bombers that have deployed recently to bases in eastern Siberia, US and Canadian military officials said. Five Russian TU-95 Bear bombers have been detected at two Siberian bases in apparent preparation for missions to probe US air defenses around Alaska, the Pentagon said Thursday. 'We would anticipate that in the next few days they might fly one or several of these planes up through the Bering Straits and close to Alaska,' Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Bacon said. US F-15 Eagles and Canadian CF-18 Hornets were deployed to forward operating locations in Alaska and Canada to counter the Russian move, a spokesman for the North American Aerospace Defense (NORAD) Command at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado told AFP. Also being moved up were AWACS radar surveillance aircraft and air refueling tankers, said Major Jamie Robertson, the NORAD spokesman. 'The fighters are in place, and some of the tankers and air surveillance aircraft are moving up,' said Robertson, a Canadian. He said it was the first time in over a year that US and Canadian fighters have moved to forward locations in response to Russian moves..."