On February 25 – March 3 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 February 28 NATO fighter aircraft intercepted one TU-134 flying from mainland Russia to Kaliningrad with its onboard transponder on but used in a wrong way, maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre, according to a pre-filed flight plan.
Related photo, credit: Filip Modrzejewski
