She thinks Russian aircraft are buzzing her house.

It's sad.

In all fairness there is a difference between the 12-mile internationally recognised 'airspace' and the unilaterally declared 500-mile 'exclusion zone' patrolled by NAADC.  No Russian aircraft have entered US airspace but there have been numerous incursions of long range Tu-95 Bear reconnaissance aircraft in the 'exclusion zone' which have resulted in the scrambling of US fighters from Elmendorf.  I can recall an incident reported in the national press last March.

But the apparent disconnect of these statements can stand, as far as I am concerned, if she doesn't know or clarify the difference between our self-declared 'exclusion zone' and our internationally recognised 'airspace' that's her problem.

The weirdest thing about her lies is they're often so insignificant, as if she lies just to see if she can get away with it.

And the downward spiral into political oblivion continues...

Just for clarification on her statements, not that she can probably tell the difference...but:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/11/russian .bomber/index.html

There have been eight incidents off Alaska since July. Among the latest, on September 5, six F-15s from Elmendorf Air Force Base, adjacent to Anchorage, Alaska, intercepted six Russian bombers about 50 miles from the northwest coast of Alaska.
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Two similar incidents occurred in August, one near Cape Lisburne, Alaska, and the other near Cold Bay, Alaska, west of the Aleutian Islands.

http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/358 368.html

Russian leader Vladimir Putin has been rebuilding his country's military and its national pride, both of which fell into decrepitude during the years of Boris Yeltsin. Additionally, Chandler said, the warming of the Arctic, with the likelihood of an eventual year-round open sea lane, has the northern nations scrambling to increase their presence in the high latitudes.

The Russian's for years did this during the cold war.  And not just to us either.  They do it to Japan, China and other Western European (and now former republics) countries.

Make no mistake, the Russian military is re-building and doing it with Oil money.  Right now it seems to be just a "Hey look we're still here" type of flights.  But every single penetration into the defense corridor results in intelligence and a catalogue of our response times and capabilities, hence this is why they do it.  To see if we're sleeping on the job.

However, the Govenor of Alaska while informed of these incidents, has no say or control over the forces that respond to these incursions.  The Govenor is responsible for more secondary response capabilities and scenarios.  So, what's she's saying is true, but the fact that the statement is true does not give her foreign policy experience, because her involvement is secondary to the action, and she has no direct authority over the forces in the action.

Biden should blast her with that fact.  "Madame Govenor you indeed are correct, but please explain how a Federal Government response gives you foreign experience?"