24 (UPI) --A high-flying object that triggered a fighter jet scramble was likely just a ... Defense Command officials announced Saturday. NORAD said in a statement issued to media outlets the ...

The North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, scrambled U.S. and Canadian fighter jets last week to accompany a formation of Russian aircraft flying through international airspace off ...

NORAD did not characterize the recent Russian activity as instigative or unsafe. Last September, a Russian military jet was filmed flying dangerously close to an American fighter plane ...

The Russian aircraft, which remained in international airspace, were not seen as a threat, but eight military planes were dispatched to monitor their activity, NORAD said in a statement.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command, known as NORAD, has updated its annual Santa tracker to include U.S. fighter jets accompanying Santa's reindeer convoy around the world on Christmas Eve.

NORAD did not characterize the recent Russian activity as instigative or unsafe. Last September, a Russian military jet was filmed flying dangerously close to an American fighter plane, patrolling off ...