
Badger, Bear and Bison Intercepts
A history of NORAD’s Russian aircraft intercepts DR. BRIAN D. LASLIE U.S. and Canadian fighter aircraft intercepting Soviet — and later Russian — bombers has long been a mainstay of …
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A history of NORAD’s Russian aircraft intercepts DR. BRIAN D. LASLIE U.S. and Canadian fighter aircraft intercepting Soviet — and later Russian — bombers has long been a mainstay of …
Read MoreBrian D. Laslie, Ph.D. Photos by NORAD The idea of a hardened command center is older than the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) itself. It was January 15, 1956, when …
Read MoreBrian D. Laslie, Ph.D. It is always treacherous to ask a historian when an event began or ended. “It depends” will likely be the answer. Take, for example, the beginning …
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