On April 8–14 NATO fighter aircraft conducting the NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic states were scrambled once to identify and escort military aircraft of the Russian Federation in international airspace over the Baltic Sea.
On April 9 NATO air policing fighter aircraft were scrambled to intercept one IL-20 aircraft flying without using its onboard transponder and without the flight plan, though the crew kept the radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre.
Related photo, credit: Filip Modrzejewski
