U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 11th Airborne Division maneuver through the thick terrain of Shemya Island, Alaska, as part of a force projection operation Sept. 13, 2024. (Spc. Brandon Vasquez ...

U.S. Army soldiers were deployed to the remote Shemya Island in Alaska last week, as part of a training exercise that follows recent flights of Russian and Chinese aircraft near American airspace ...

In December, NORAD said four Russian military aircraft were detected flying close to the state, and the U.S. military said Russian warplanes were detected near Alaska last September when more than ...

None of the planes breached U.S. airspace. However, about 130 U.S. soldiers were sent along with mobile rocket launchers to Shemya Island, about 1,200 miles (1,931 kilometers) southwest of Anchorage.