Data on interceptions of aircraft completed near the Baltic States' borders on December 4-10, 2023
Republic of Lithuania - Ministry of National Defence
2023-12-11
International cooperation | Security and defense policy
On December 4-10 NATO Air Policing Mission Detachment fighter aircraft were scrambled once to intercept aircraft of the Russian Federation violating flight rules in international airspace over the Baltic Sea.
On December 6 Allied fighter aircraft conducting the NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic states were scrambled to intercept one SU-24 and two SU-30SM aircraft that were flying through international airspace from a location in Kaliningrad and back. They had no flight plan, the onboard transponders were switched off, the crews were not maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre.
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