The United States made the deal of the centuries — securing the vast Alaska territory from Russia for $7.2 million — on this day in history, Oct. 18, 1867. The transfer of 665,000 square miles ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Military officials have released new video of a startling encounter between a Russian fighter jet flying near Alaska and a U.S. Air Force F-16 sent to intercept it.

O’Shaughnessy said in a statement. “On several occasions, we have intercepted multiple Russian aircraft operating near Alaska and we will continue to do air patrols to protect the approaches t ...

A Facebook appeal was instrumental in tracking down the writer of the 50-year-old letter An Alaska man's hunt for ... Tyler Ivanoff found a letter written in Russian, and posted an appeal for ...

A Russian state TV host has suggested that Moscow should consider seizing Alaska from the United States. Host Tigran Keosayan made the remarks in a state TV broadcast which was shared online by ...