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  2. Air defense identification zone - Wikipedia

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    An air defense identification zone (ADIZ) is a region of airspace in which a country tries to identify, locate, and control aircraft in the interest of national security. [1] It is declared unilaterally [ 2 ] and may extend beyond a country's territory to give the country more time to respond to possibly hostile aircraft. [ 3 ]

  3. Air Defense Identification Zone (North America) - Wikipedia

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    ADIZ boundaries for the United States and Canada as of 2018. ADIZ boundaries for Alaska. The Air Defense Identification Zone of North America is an air defense identification zone (ADIZ) that covers the airspace surrounding the United States and Canada – in which the ready identification, location, and control of civil aircraft over land or water is required in the interest of national ...

  4. Washington, D.C., Special Flight Rules Area - Wikipedia

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    An air defense identification zone (ADIZ) has existed since February 10, 2003, [1] around the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area to restrict air traffic near Washington, D.C. The ADIZ was established as a precursor to the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. [2]

  5. 4 Russian warplanes spotted flying near Alaska, NORAD says - AOL

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    Although the Russian aircraft remained in international air space, they entered a region beyond U.S. and Canadian sovereign air space called the Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), where ...

  6. List of transponder codes - Wikipedia

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    Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) penetration when unable to establish communication with ATC or aeronautical facility. [3] 1277 US: VFR aircraft which fly authorized SAR missions for the USAF or USCG while enroute to/from or within the designated search area. [3] [11] 1300 US: Non-discrete code assignments in accordance with FAA Order JO ...

  7. 2 Russian military aircraft detected off of Alaska, NORAD says

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    The aircraft were operating in airspace known as the Air Defense Identification Zone, or ADIZ, that stretches 150 miles from the coastline, an area where aircraft are asked to identify themselves ...

  8. List of area control centers - Wikipedia

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    Area control centers (ACCs) control IFR air traffic in their flight information region (FIR). The current list of FIRs and ACCs is maintained by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The following is the alphabetic list of all ACCs and their FIRs as of October 2011 [update] :

  9. Russian jet comes within 50 feet of US fighter off coast of ...

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    The close encounter occurred on Sept. 23 during a flurry of activity by Russian aircraft that over the span of several days had flown through the Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) off of Alaska.