On October 31 – November 6 fighter aircraft conducting the NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic states were scrambled 2 times to intercept military aircraft of the Russian Federation in the international airspace over the Baltic Sea flying in violation of international aviation flight rules.
On November 3 NATO Baltic Air Policing air detachment jets were scrambled to intercept one IL-78 flying from Kaliningrad oblast into international airspace and then to the mainland of the Russian Federation. Its onboard transponder was switched on, the crew had no pre-filed flight plan but maintained radio communication with the regional air control centre.
On November 4 NATO fighter aircraft intercepted one IL-76 flying from the mainland Russia to Kaliningrad through international air space with its onboard transponder off, without the flight plan, though maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre.
