NATO Fighter Jets Scrambled 12 Times Last Week to Identify and Escort Russian Aircraft

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Fighter jets carrying out the NATO air policing mission in the Baltic States took off 12 times last week to identify and escort aircraft...

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Fighter jets carrying out NATO air policing missions in the Baltic States scrambled 12 times last week to identify and escort Russian aircraft that violated flight rules, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) reported on Monday. On May 26, NATO air policing fighters scrambled to identify two Russian SU-24 attack aircraft that took off from and returned to the Kaliningrad exclave.