The North American Aerospace Defense Command detected a Russian aircraft operating in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone, or ADIZ, on Monday, just days after it intercepted six Russian aircraft.

NORAD said the Russian aircraft involved did not enter American or Canadian sovereign airspace, though it did enter Alaska’s ADIZ, which begins where sovereign airspace ends and is a defined stretch of international airspace where aircraft are required to give identification, location, and control of all aircraft.

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This was not “seen as a threat,” according to the readout from NORAD, released on Wednesday, which noted this “occurs regularly.”

On May 11, NORAD intercepted six Russian aircraft operating in and near the Alaskan AZID, though they did not enter U.S. or Canadian sovereign airspace.

The Russian aircraft involved, the command said, were Tu-95 bombers, Il-78 tankers, and Su-35 fighter aircraft, while the NORAD aircraft involved in the intercept included F-16 fighters, F-22 fighters, KC-135 Stratotankers, and E-3 AWACS.

NORAD has tracked an average of roughly six to seven intercepts of Russian military aircraft in the AZID per year since Russia resumed its long-range aviation activity in 2007. Since then, the number of them ranged from zero to 15.

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NORAD tracked and intercepted multiple Russian aircraft that were entering and operating within ADIZ on back-to-back days in February as well.