On June 9 – 15 NATO Air Policing Detachment in the Baltic states was alerted to intercept aircraft of the Russian Federation violating international aviation regulations in international airspace over the Baltic Sea six times.
On June 10 NATO fighter aircraft safeguarding the Baltic airspace were scrambled to intercept one TU-142 and one SU-30SM flying through international airspace from and back to the mainland of the Russian Federation. Their on-board transponders were switched off, the crews had no flight plans and were not maintaining radio communication with the regional ir traffic control centre.
On June 10 NATO Baltic Air Policing fighter jets identified and escorted one TU-142 and two SU-30SM flying through international airspace from the mainland Russia and back. NATO fighter aircraft also intercepted two SU-27 flying through international airspace from Kaliningrad and back. Their on-board transponders were switched off, no flight plans had been pre-filed and the crews were not maintaining radio communication.
On June 10 NATO Air Policing fighter jets were scrambled to intercept SU-33 and SU-24MR flying through international airspace from mainland Russia and back. Their on-board transponders were off, there were nor flight plans pre-filed, the crews were not maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control.
On June 11 were scrambled to identify and escort two SU-27 flying from Kaliningrad and back via international airspace. Their on-board transponders were switched off, the crews had no pre-filed flight plans and were not maintaining radio communication.
On June 13 NATO Air Policing fighter jets were scrambled to intercept SU-35 and SU-33 flying via international airspace from mainland Russia and back. Their on-board transponders were switched off, no flight plans had been pre-filed, the crews were not maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre.
On June 13 NATO fighter aircraft were scrambled to intercept one TU-214, two SU-30 and two SU-27 which flew out into international airspace from mainland Russia, proceeded to Kaliningrad and then flew out into international airspace again before heading for the mainland of the Russian Federation. The TU-214 had the on-board transponder on, the flight plan and maintained radio communication. The rest of the aircraft complied with none of these requirements.
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