2024-08-05 01:36:57
Two German Eurofighter fighters and two Swedish fighter jets were taken into the air to establish contact with Russian pilots, as their planes were flying in the direction of Latvia, the representative of the Air Force said.
Russian planes, according to everything, were in the air in connection with the maneuvers of Russian warships.
The transponders were turned off and the pilots did not respond to radio requests, the spokesman said.
In addition, the flight plan of the planes was not announced in advance, as is usually the case in the Baltic Sea region.
German and Swedish military aircraft took off and performed the so-called alpha maneuver “to see what was going on, what type of aircraft they were,” the spokesman continued.
Two Russian Su-30 aircraft were in the air.
The pilots did not “cooperate” and did not respond to hand signals, but also did not behave “aggressively”.
When they turned away, the NATO mission was also terminated.
2024-08-05 01:36:57