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Russian jet comes within 50 feet of US fighter off coast of Alaska

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NORAD released dramatic video on Monday that showed just how close the Russian fighter flew ahead of the American aircraft at a high rate of speed.

The video was taken from a camera mounted in the canopy of the F-16 aircraft providing a view of what the pilot was seeing as the fighter flew near one of the Russian bombers.

NORAD said the Russian aircraft remained in international airspace and did not enter American or Canadian sovereign airspace.

NORAD released dramatic video on Monday that showed just how close the Russian fighter flew ahead of the American aircraft at a high rate of speed.

NORAD releases dramatic video showing how close it was to Russian fighter fighter jets.

The video was shot by a Russian Air Force F-2222 fighter jet in the early hours of Monday morning .

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76

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73

Neutral language

46

Article tone

formal

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English

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