On June 27 – July 3, fighter aircraft conducting the NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic states were scrambled 5 times to patrol the Baltic airspace border with the Russian Federation and Belarus and to intercept military aircraft of the Russian Federation in the international airspace over the Baltic Sea that were flying in violation of international aviation flight rules.
On June 28 NATO fighter aircraft conducting the Air Policing Mission in the Baltic states were scrambled to intercept one SU-24M flying from Kaliningrad into international airspace and back to Kaliningrad. Its onboard transponder was off, the crew had no pre-filed flight plan and was not maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre.
On June 29 the NATO Air Policing Mission fighter detachment jets safeguarding the Baltic airspace were conducting patrols by the airspace border with the Russian Federation and Belarus.
On June 29 NATO fighter jets intercepted one AN-12 flying from mainland Russia to Kaliningrad via international airspace with its onboard transponder switched on, without the flight plan, maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre.
On June 29 the NATO Air Policing Mission fighter detachment jets safeguarding the Baltic airspace were conducting patrols by the airspace border with the Russian Federation and Belarus.
On July 2 the NATO Air Policing Mission fighter detachment jets safeguarding the Baltic airspace were conducting patrols by the airspace border with the Russian Federation and Belarus.
Photo credit: MoD / A. Pliadis
