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Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dana T. Atkins is president and CEO of the Military Officers Association of America. He served as a command pilot with more than 4,000 hours in fighter aircraft. During his career, he flew as a demonstration pilot for the European A-10 Demonstration Team and the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds. He retired from the Air Force as commander, Alaskan Command, U.S. Pacific Command; commander, 11th Air Force, Pacific Air Forces; and commander, Alaskan North American Defense Region.
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Russia Testing U.S. As Military Flights by Alaska Reach Cold War Levels, Says Commander
On 4/30/21 at 4:47 AM EDT
Russian military aircraft activity around Alaska is at its highest level since the end of the Soviet Union, and is stretching the U.S. units responding to them, a top U.S. military official has said.
The comments by Air Force Lt. Gen. David Krumm, who serves as Commander, Alaskan Command, come amid heightened tensions between Russia and the U.S. as both countries engage in tit-for-tat aircraft escorts around each other s airspaces. We have certainly seen an increase in Russian activity, Krumm told a virtual Air Force Association event on Wednesday, we intercepted over 60 aircraft last year . We monitor more than that.
Russia s increasing military flights around Alaska are a strain on our units, top US commander says insider@insider.com (Christopher Woody)
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.
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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.