NORAD Intercepts 4 Russian Reconnaissance Planes Near Alaska

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4. This is a great article that puts this report in an operational context ( fromThe Drive/the Warzone)

Russia Sent Three Types Of Fighters To Intercept B-52s Flying Rare Mission Into Sea Of Okhotsk (Updated)
The sorties into the Sea of Okhotsk come amid an increase in American and Russian aerial activity around each others' borders.
BY JOSEPH TREVITHICK JUNE 19, 2020

It's worth noting that B-52Hs, as well as B-1Bs and B-2s, have flown a near-constant, if irregularly scheduled long-range training missions across the Pacific region, as well as in and around Europe, since the Air Force adopted the Dynamic Force Employment model for bomber operations in April. This followed the abrupt decision to end the Continuous Bomber Presence mission that same month, which The War Zone was first to report.

Under the Continuous Bomber Presence concept, which the service implemented 2004, new rotations of bombers deployed to the island of Guam in the Pacific roughly every six months. The goal of the Dynamic Force Employment concept, which the U.S. military as a whole has been increasingly employing, is to make it more difficult for potential adversaries to predict and monitor deployments, adding more uncertainty and risk into their operational planning processes.

A lot more in this article:

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/34220/russia-sent-three-types-of-fighters-to-intercept-b-52s-flying-rare-mission-into-sea-of-okhotsk