A U.S. Air Force E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft, designated CACHE 51, remains active in monitoring operations near the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) as of early September 25th, 2025. The aircraft departed Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, earlier in the day to track unidentified aircraft. The previous report from the early morning of September 25th, 2025, indicated that CACHE 51's departure occurred between 1:37 AM UTC and 1:36 AM UTC on September 25th. This monitoring effort was reportedly accompanied by a U.S. Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker conducting aerial maneuvers over the Seward Peninsula, near the Bering Strait. These actions are understood by observers to be a response to potential Russian aircraft activity, referencing a past interception of a Russian Il-20M on August 26th, 2025. No new confirmed incursions or further details regarding the nature of the unidentified aircraft have been provided within the current reporting window, which spans 29 minutes from 2:07 AM UTC to 2:36 AM UTC on September 25th. A social media post from "AKrockfish1" at an unspecified time on September 25th stated, "Good evening from Alaska," without providing further operational details. Previous unrelated incidents from September 24th, 2025, included the arrest of two Syracuse University students for a hate crime during Rosh Hashanah, a fatal shooting at an ICE field office in Dallas, and a hazardous device response in Baltimore County.
