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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Maj. Gen. Delmar T. Spivey reports tense daily encounters between U.S. and Russian jets over northern Japan, with Russian airfields on Sakhalin and Kurile Islands just 13 seconds from Hokkaido, triggering U.S. air defenses.
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TOKYO, (AP) - American and Russian jet pilots are fencing bloodlessly—and almost daily—over the frozen wastes of northern Japan, a U.S. general reported Tuesday in an interview.
Thus far they haven't tangled, but Maj. Gen. Delmar T. Spivey called the situation "tense and explosive."
Spivey fathered Japan's air defense—manned by U.S. pilots in U.S. planes—and commanded it 2½ years. He left Tuesday to take command of the U.S. Central Air Defense Zone with headquarters at Kansas City.
He said the Russians have dozens of airfields on Sakhalin and the Kurile Islands the closest only 13 seconds flying time from northeastern Hokkaido.
"We are watching them and they are watching us," Spivey said. "When they fly we see them and when they head towards Japan that triggers off the air defense system."
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Northern Japan
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Tuesday
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thus far they haven't tangled, but ... called the situation "tense and explosive." russians have dozens of airfields on sakhalin and the kurile islands the closest only 13 seconds flying time from northeastern hokkaido.
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American and Russian jet pilots are fencing bloodlessly—and almost daily—over the frozen wastes of northern Japan ... Spivey fathered Japan's air defense—manned by U.S. pilots in U.S. planes—and commanded it 2½ years ... "We are watching them and they are watching us," Spivey said. "When they fly we see them and when they head towards Japan that triggers off the air defense system."