NATO air forces scrambled over 300 times in 2023 due to Russian military aircraft

NATO forced to scramble fighter jets to intercept Russian military aircraft over 300 times in 2023

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was forced to scramble its air forces more than 300 times in response to Russian military aircraft over the course of 2023, the international organization said Friday. "NATO has standing air-policing missions that calls for Allied jets to scramble when there are signs of Russian military planes approaching Allied airspace in unpredictable ways," NATO said in a statement. The hundreds of incidents hap…

NATO air forces have been deployed more than 300 times in 2023 in response to threats from Russian military aircraft, NATO said in a statement on Friday.

NATO planes made half as many sorties to intercept Russian ones in 2023 compared to 2022

During peacetime, the "interception" term means that planes approach each other for visual contact, recognition of type and state and for further escort through the neutral airspace

Russian Aircraft Caused NATO Air Forces To Scramble Over 300 Times In 2023

NATO air forces were scrambled more than 300 times in response to Russian military aircraft in 2023, the treaty organisation said on Friday.

The Atlantic Alliance said that the numerous violations of airspace by Russian military planes, however, remained “rare and generally of short duration.”

NATO air forces intercepted Russian military aircraft over 300 times in 2023

In the wake of Russia’s war in Ukraine, NATO has substantially reinforced its air defence on its eastern flank including more fighter jets, surveillance flights and ground-based air defence.