On February 22 – 28 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 the international airspace over the Baltic Sea.
On February 26 fighter aircraft conducting the Baltic Air Policing Mission in the Baltic states intercepted one SU-30 aircraft of the Russian Federation flying on a Kaliningrad – Kaliningrad route. Its onboard transponder was off, no flight plan had been prefilled, the crew was not keeping radio contact with the regional air traffic control centre.
Illustrative image (MoD archive)
