US EditionNo Hesitation: Hungarians Capture Russian Aircraft on Their First Mission
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The Hungarian Armed Forces are serving in NATO's Baltic Air Policing Mission. The Minister of Defense also boasted about the incident, but his post omitted the fact that it was Russian aircraft.
No hesitation: Hungarians capture Russian aircraft on their first mission
Less than a week after assuming command of NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission, Hungarian Air Force Gripen fighter jets were scrambled for their first real alert. During the 8 August 2025 mission, they intercepted Russian aircraft over the Baltic Sea that had violated international aviation regulations. Without radio contact or flight plan The Hungarian JAS–39 Gripens launched from Šiauliai Air Base in Lithuania at 11:26 local time, intercepting …
The unidentified aircraft were intercepted and identified over the Baltic Sea at 11,000 meters in accordance with international procedures, and then returned to their Lithuanian base by the Hungarian Gripens.
Hungarian Gripens intercepted Russian aircraft on their first deployment in Baltic airspace - A week after taking over service in the Baltics, Hungarian fighter pilots received a sharp alert.
"Hungarian Gripens in live operation in NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission. The unidentified aircraft were intercepted and identified over the Baltic Sea, at 11,000 meters, in accordance with international procedures, and then returned to their Lithuanian base," wrote Defense Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky in his post on Saturday morning. The minister mentioned that the aircraft had been identified, but did not provide any further specific…
Defense Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky "forgot" to say that it was Russian aircraft.
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