On June 14 – 20 fighter aircraft conducting the NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic states were scrambled eight times to identify and escort military aircraft of the Russian Federation in the international airspace over the Baltic Sea.
On June 15 NATO fighter aircraft conducting the Air Policing Mission in the Baltic states intercepted one A-50, two SU-27, and two SU-24 aircraft flying in the international airspace over the Baltic Sea from and back to Kaliningrad. Their onboard transponders were off, the crews were not keeping radio contact with the regional air traffic control center and had not pre-filed flight plans.
On June 15 NATO fighter aircraft intercepted two Tu-160s and two Su-35s flying from mainland Russia into the international airspace over the Baltic Sea and back to mainland Russia with their onboard transponders switched off, not maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre, and without the flight plans. And also, two Su-27s flying in international airspace from and back to Kaliningrad, their onboard transponders were switched off, the crews did not keep radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre and had no flight plans.
On June 15 NATO air policing aircraft intercepted two SU-35s flying in the international airspace over the Baltic Sea from and back to mainland Russia with their onboard transponders off, without maintaining the radio communication, without the flight plans.
On June 16 the air policing detachment fighter jets intercepted A-50 flying from Kaliningrad to mainland Russia with its onboard transponder off, maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre, without the flight plan.
On June 16 NATO fighter aircraft intercepted one An-30 and one An-12 flying from Kaliningrad to mainland Russia with their onboard transponders on, according to a pre-filed flight plan, without maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre, and also two Su-24s, two Su-27s, one Su-34, and two Su-35s flying from Kaliningrad to mainland Russia with their onboard transponders off, without the flight plans, and not maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre.
On June 17 NATO air policing assets were patrolling in the international airspace over the Baltic Sea due to intensified activity in the Kaliningrad Oblast.
On June 18 NATO fighter aircraft intercepted one IL-22 flying from mainland Russia to Kaliningrad with its onboard transponder on, maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control center, according to a re-filed flight plan.
On June 18 NATO air policing aircraft intercepted one An-26 flying from Kaliningrad to mainland Russia with its onboard transponder switched on, without the flight plan, maintaining radio communication with the regional traffic centre.
Photo credit: A.Pliadis/MoD
