NATO Scrambled Fighter Jets Multiple Times This Week To Intercept Russian Warplanes Near Alliance Airspace In The Baltics And The Black Sea

 

Washington Examiner: NATO scrambled jets over Baltic and Black seas over Russian aircraft 

NATO has been forced to scramble fighter jets stationed near the Baltic and Black seas in recent days to “track and intercept” Russian aircraft near the alliance's airspace. 

NATO has tracked “a number of unidentified” aircraft over the Baltic and Black seas since Tuesday, and in response, it launched allied fighter aircraft from NATO’s Combined Air Operations Centers at Uedem, Germany, and Torrejon, Spain, the organization said in a statement on Friday.  

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Update #1: NATO jets scramble in response to Russian aircraft over Baltic and Black Sea (NATO) 

Update #2: NATO scrambled fighter jets multiple times this week to intercept Russian aircraft near alliance airspace (CNN) 

WNU Editor:These intercepts are nothing new. But it appears that the intensity of them has increased in the past week or two.