On July 8 – 14 NATO fighter aircraft conducting the NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic states were scrambled two times to identify and escort military aircraft of the Russian Federation in international airspace over the Baltic Sea.
On July 8 NATO air policing fighter aircraft intercepted one IL-20 and two SU-27s flying from and to Kaliningrad. None of the aircraft had their onboard transponders on, flight plans or kept radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre.
On July 11 NATO fighter aircraft intercepted one IL-20 flying from Kaliningrad to the mainland of the Russian Federation with its onboard transponder off, according to a pre-filed flight plan, maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre.
Related photo, credit: Filip Modrzejewski
