Data on interceptions of aircraft completed near the Baltic States' borders on January 16–22, 2023

2023-01-24

International cooperation | Security and defense policy

2021-03-11. Koco 11 Vilnius NATO lektuvai virs Vilnius. foto Alfredas Pliadis

On January 16–22 fighter aircraft conducting the NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic states were scrambled twice, on January 17 and 18, to patrol the airspace border between the Baltic states with the Russian Federation and Belarus over the Baltic Sea.

Related image, credit: A. Pliadis/MoD

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