On June 7 – 13 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 June 7 NATO fighter aircraft conducting the Air Policing Mission in the Baltic states intercepted one AN-12 flying from mainland Russia to Kaliningrad. Its onboard transponder was off, the crew did not have the flight plan but maintained radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre. With the same scramble, the NATO fighter aircraft intercepted one AN-30 flying from mainland Russia to Kaliningrad. Its onboard transponder was off, the crew did not maintain radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre and had no flight plan. Their onboard transponders were off, the crews were not maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre and had no flight plans. During the same scramble, the NATO fighter aircraft intercepted two Su-24MR flying from mainland Russia to Kaliningrad with their onboard transponders off, not maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre, and without the flight plans, and two Su-27s flying in international airspace from Kaliningrad and back. Their onboard transponders were switched off, the crews were not maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre and had not flight plans.
On June 11 NATO fighter aircraft intercepted one A-50 flying from mainland Russia to Kaliningrad. Its onboard transponder was off, the crew kept the radio contact but had not flight plan.
Photo: MoD archive (credit: A.Pliadis)
