NATO jets in Baltics scrambled once last week over Russian military aircraft

The Alliance’s jets on Nov. 29 intercepted an IL-76 transport plane flying according to a flight plan, maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre and with its on-board transponder on.

The IL-76 was escorted by two Su-27 fighter-jets flying without flight plans, without maintaining radio communication with the air traffic controllers and with their on-board transponders switched off.

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The intercepted aircraft were on their way from mainland Russia to the Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad.

NATO’s Baltic air-policing mission is conducted from Lithuania and Estonia.

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