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Washington DC sonic boom: Plane crash victims pictured including nanny and two-year-old girl

Evadnie Smith has been named as the fourth victim of the private plane crash that killed Adina Azarian, 49, and her two-year-old daughter Aria alongside the duo and pilot Jeff Hefner

Daily Mirror

Washington DC sonic boom: All we know about doomed flight after mysterious fatal crash

A huge sonic boom heard in Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia on Sunday was caused after an F-16 jet was scrambled in response to a rogue Cessna Citation jet that wasn't responding to radio signalling

Daily Mirror

Moment Washington DC sonic boom shakes homes of terrified residents before fatal jet crash

Residents in Virginia, US, were left stunned after a private jet dropped more than 30,000 feet per minute before crashing in the St Mary's Wilderness, killing four people

Daily Mirror

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Washington DC sonic boom: Expert suggests what could have led to fatal plane crash

Prominent MAGA donor John Rumpel has been left wracked with grief after his daughter and two-year-old granddaughter were two of four people to die when the private jet crashed into a rural part of Virginia

Daily Mirror

Wayward plane sparks F-16 fighter jet chase before crashing in Virginia

No survivors were found at the crash site

Evening Standard

No survivors found in wreckage after US fighter jets chase 'unresponsive' pilot of private plane

US fighter jets cause a sonic boom across the US capital while scrambling to reach an unresponsive aircraft that ultimately crashed in the mountains of Virginia.

ABC News

Military F-16s intercepted a business jet, shocking D.C. residents with a sonic boom

At supersonic speeds, F-16 jets chased down an unresponsive pilot who flew a civilian plane over the nation's capital and crashed in southwest Virginia. The FAA and NTSB are investigating.

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No survivors found after plane that prompted F-16 fighter response in D.C. crashes

The U.S. Capitol Complex "was briefly placed on an elevated alert" as authorities scrambled to respond, police said.

Axios

Fighter jets chase small plane in Washington area before it crashes in Virginia

The United States scrambled F-16 fighter jets in a supersonic chase of a light aircraft with an unresponsive pilot that violated airspace around Washington D.C. and later crashed into the mountains of Virginia, officials said.

Reuters

Light plane crashes after chase by jets near US capital

US officials say jet fighters chased a light plane that violated airspace in Washington DC and later crashed into mountainous terrain.

The New Daily

US jets pursue light aircraft over Washington DC before it crashes in Virginia

The fighter jets caused a sonic boom over the US capital that sent some residents into a brief panic

The Guardian - US

U.S. fighter jets intercept Russian planes near Alaska

U.S. fighter jets intercepted six Russian aircraft operating in international airspace near Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said on Sunday.

Reuters

Biden's Canada agenda stocked from Ukraine to climate change

President Joe Biden arrives in Canada on Thursday with a focus on several of the world’s largest challenges

The Independent UK

Biden, Trudeau to talk Ukraine, defense spending, Haiti in Ottawa

U.S. President Joe Biden will make a long-delayed visit to close ally Canada this week to express unity on Ukraine and the environment, but is unlikely to make much progress on tougher trade disputes, sources said on Tuesday.

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Did an F-22 shoot down an Illinois hobby group's small radio balloon?

A military spokesperson tells NPR that it's their understanding that the FBI has spoken to the hobbyist group in question.

The Conversation

Chinese balloon saga is part of a long history of U.S.-China tensions

It’s not surprising the recent Chinese “weather balloon” incident has set off alarm bells.

The Independent UK

Hobby group worried that F-22’s Sidewinder missile destroyed research balloon

‘They’re going to look not too intelligent to be shooting them down,’ Silicon Valley balloon company founder says

WEKU

NORAD is back in the news. So what does it do, exactly?

The air defense center was created in the 1950s, as a counter to a rival superpower. Now NORAD is front and center again, prompting questions about what it does — and how it copes with modern threats.

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From tracking Santa to Chinese spy balloons, here's what we know about NORAD

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Russian Bombers Intercepted by NORAD Near Alaska

Several Russian strategic bombers and fighter jets were intercepted by North American air defense forces as they flew over international airspace near Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said, in routine incidents unrelated to tensions over the war in Ukraine. The aircraft, which were identified on Monday, did…

Reuters

Russian bombers intercepted by NORAD near Alaska

Several Russian strategic bombers and fighter jets were intercepted by North American air defence forces as they flew over international airspace near Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) said, in routine incidents unrelated to tensions over the war in Ukraine.

Tribune News Service

US scrambles jets for ‘routine’ intercept of Russian warplanes

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon scrambled fighter jets to counter four Russian aircraft that approached but didn’t enter U.S. or Canadian airspace, in what officials described as a routine encounter unrelated to the series of unidentified objects shot down in recent days.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Up in the air: What are we shooting down every day?

In 1957, during the frosty years of the Cold War, Ike and Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker established the North American Air Defense Command in anticipation of defending the continent from Soviet long-range bombers — Sputnik was still a few months away — and NORAD went on alert.

Chicago Sun-Times

White House defends its decision to shoot down 3 unidentified aerial objects

Administration officials acknowledge that there was no indication that three low-altitude objects shot down in recent days were being used for surveillance purposes.

The Conversation

NORAD's value is on full display as flying objects shot down over North America

Four (and counting) air objects have violated North American airspace in less than a week.

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