Four Russian military aircraft were intercepted by U.S. fighter jets near Alaska for the second day in a row on Tuesday, with NORAD continuing to describe the interactions as “routine.” The Russian planes – which included bomber and fighter aircraft – were intercepted by two F‑35 fighter jets as they approached the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone, a large swath of closely-monitored airspace off the coast of the state, NORAD said in a statement released to American Military News. An interception occurs when one aircraft moves next to another to identify it and establish communications. NORAD said it “escorts” foreign aircraft out of air defense identification zones as necessary. The encounter came …