Explosive maneuvers over the Baltic Sea: Russian planes were flying without a transponder signal. This triggered a reaction from NATO.
German and British fighter jets air force According to Bundeswehr information, three Russian reconnaissance planes intercepted in international airspace over the Baltic Sea. Accordingly, it was two military machines of the type SU-27 and an IL-20. They flew “again without a transponder signal” and were intercepted by Eurofighters from the two NATO allies, the German Air Force said on Twitter on Wednesday morning.
Since the NATO states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania do not have their own fighter jets, the military alliance has secured the Baltic airspace in north-eastern Europe since 2004. For this purpose, the allies move in regular alternation fighter planes including staff to the Baltic Sea countries bordering Russia.
NATO: joint airspace surveillance until early May
At the beginning of April, the armed forces after eight months the leadership of the NATO airspace surveillance mission to Great Britain. The German Air Force will continue to support him until the end of the month. At the beginning of May, the mission should be over for her and the relocation should begin.
With the common NATO Air Policing German and British fighter jets patrol the sky in mixed groups. Since both air forces fly the Eurofighter, operations on the ground and in the air are easier to coordinate. (lro/dpa)
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