F-22 Shoots Down Unidentified Flying Object Near Alaska

Alaska-based F-22.
 

Credit: DOD
A U.S. Air Force F-22 shot down an unidentified flying object off the coast of Alaska on Feb. 10, less than one week after another Raptor downed a Chinese surveillance balloon off the South Carolina coast. Two F-22s from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, scrambled to intercept the object as...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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