On July 5 – 11 fighter aircraft conducting the NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic states were scrambled two times to identify and escort military aircraft of the Russian Federation in the international airspace over the Baltic Sea.
On July 8 NATO Air Policing detachment intercepted two aircraft flying into international airspace from Kaliningrad and back to Kaliningrad, their onboard transponder was off, the crews had no flight plan, and were not keeping radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre.
On July 9 NATO fighter aircraft intercepted one aircraft flying from Kaliningrad to mainland Russia with its onboard transponder off, without the flight plan, maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre.
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