On October 25 – 31 fighter aircraft conducting the NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic states were scrambled once to intercept military aircraft of the Russian Federation in the international airspace over the Baltic Sea.
On October 29 NATO Air Policing in the Baltic states detachment aircraft were scrambled to intercept one IL-78 flying from Kaliningrad to the mainland of the Russian Federation with its onboard transponder on, without a pre-filed flight plan, but maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre.
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