On October 12–18, the NATO Baltic Air Policing Detachment was scrambled in response to six violations of international flight regulations.
On October 14, fighter aircraft conducting the NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic states were dispatched to intercept one IL-18 flying from mainland Russia to Kaliningrad with its onboard transponder switched on, according to a pre-filed flight plan, and maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control center.
On October 15, the fighter jets safeguarding the Baltic airspace identified and escorted one IL-76 flying through international airspace from Kaliningrad to mainland Russia. It had a pre-filed flight plan, the onboard transponder was switched on, and the crew was maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control.
On October 16, NATO fighter aircraft intercepted one TU-214SR flying from mainland Russia to Kaliningrad via international airspace. The crew kept the onboard transponder switched on, had the flight plan**,** and were maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control.
On October 16, NATO fighter jets identified and escorted two TU-22 and two Flanker-type aircraft. All the aircraft were flying from mainland Russia to Kaliningrad with their onboard transponders switched off, without pre-filed flight plans, and without maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control.
On October 16, NATO fighter aircraft were scrambled in response to two TU-22, two SU-35 and one SU-30. None of the aircraft had their onboard transponders switched on, had flight plans, or maintained radio communication with the regional air traffic control.
On October 18, NATO fighter jets were scrambled in response to an unidentified aerial target. However, the visual identification failed.
