The video shows the F-16 trying to intercept a small plane that had entered closed airspace and continued toward Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.
shows the plane flying steadily deeper into the no-fly zone as the F-16 dropped flares over the Anchorage Hillside to get the pilot’s attention.
NORAD said two F-16s were dispatched from Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks to intercept the small plane, with one fighter flying maneuvers meant to catch the pilot’s attention and the other in the area providing support.F-16 fighter jet escorts small plane that entered closed airspace during Biden’s Anchorage visitThe video shows the movements of one of the F-16s, which were seen and heard by many Anchorage residents as they flew over the city.
The video, made by photographer Joe Connolly from a vantage point high on the Hillside, shows the fighter jet first dropping a flare into a residential area ahead of the path of a small plane. The small plane appeared to be flying north, parallel to the Chugach Mountains. After the flare was fired, the small plane continued on its track north. A plume of smoke was visible on the ground.
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