On March 14 – 20 fighter aircraft conducting the NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic states were scrambled 9 times to patrol the Baltic airspace border with the Russian Federation and Belarus and to intercept military aircraft of the Russian Federation in the international airspace over the Baltic Sea that were flying in violation of international aviation flight rules.
On March 14 NATO fighter aircraft were conducting patrols by the Baltic airspace border with the Russian Federation and Belarus.
On March 14 NATO fighter aircraft were conducting patrols by the Baltic airspace border with the Russian Federation and Belarus.
On March 15 NATO fighter aircraft were conducting patrols by the Baltic airspace border with the Russian Federation and Belarus.
On March 17 aircraft of the air detachment conducting the NATO Air Policing mission in the Baltic states flew the air patrol mission along the airspace border between Lithuania and the Russian Federation and Belarus. After the take-off, the mission was modified to alert scramble to carry out identification and escort: NATO fighter aircraft intercepted four IL-76 flying from the mainland of the Russian Federation to Kaliningrad. Their onboard transponders were switched off, no flight plans had been pre-filed, the crews were maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre.
On March 17 the air force detachment conducting the NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic states intercepted one AN-12 flying from mainland Russia to Kaliningrad with its onboard transponder off, without the flight plan, keeping radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre.
On March 18 NATO fighter aircraft were conducting patrols by the Baltic airspace border with the Russian Federation and Belarus.
On March 18 NATO fighter aircraft intercepted one IL-76 flying from mainland Russia to Kaliningrad, its onboard transponder was switched off, the crew had no pre-filed flight plan but maintained radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre.
On March 19 NATO fighter aircraft were conducting patrols by the Baltic airspace border with the Russian Federation and Belarus.
On March 20 NATO fighter aircraft were conducting patrols by the Baltic airspace border with the Russian Federation and Belarus.
