Data on interceptions of aircraft completed near the Baltic States' borders September 9 – 15, 2019

2019-09-15

On September 9 – 15 no alert scrambles of NATO fighter aircraft conducting the NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic states were triggered to identify and escort military aircraft of the Russian Federation in international airspace over the Baltic Sea.

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