German and British Air Force fighters intercepted three Russian reconnaissance planes in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) reported today. In a message on Twitter, the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) detailed that Two SU-27 military planes and an IL-20 were identified flying “again without a transponder signal” and were intercepted by Eurofighters from the two NATO allied countries.
Since the NATO states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania do not have their own fighters, the military alliance has protected the airspace of the Baltic, in northeast Europe, since 2004. To do this, the allies regularly deploy fighter jets. and personnel in the Baltic states bordering Russia. In early April, after eight months, the Bundeswehr handed over command of the NATO air surveillance mission to Britain. However, the German Air Force will continue to support it until the end of the month.
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