The North American Aerospace Defense Command says it detected four Russian military aircraft flying near Alaska on Monday, less than two weeks after US Army soldiers were deployed to the area as part of a “force protection operation” amid an increase in Russian and Chinese military exercises in the region.

The U.S.'s North American Aerospace Defense Command tracked the Russian aircraft in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone.

The US military detected and tracked four Russian military planes near the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on Monday in what became its fifth interception so far this month. It comes less than two weeks after hundreds of US Army soldiers were ...