Video shows close shave between US, Russian jets

ANCHORAGE MILITARY officials have released new video of a startling encounter between a Russian fighter jet flying near Alaska and a US Air Force F-16 sent to intercept it.

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In the video released on Monday, the Russian plane comes from behind the camera and swoops by the US jet, just feet from the aircraft.

The video release of the close encounter September 23, with the US pilot under the direction of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, comes after a series of Russian incursions into the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone just beyond US sovereign airspace.