Event 418572a2-8fd5-4288-9d9b-b6c92ed46d93

Approved event from Hybrid War Tracker

Status: Approved Confidence: Low Category: Aviation Country: Lithuania Country: Portugal Country: Russia Country: Germany Country: Baltic Sea Region Country: Unknown Attack Type: Airspace Violation

Source: https://ac.nato.int/archive/2024/portuguese-scrambles-first-...

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Event Time

1y ago

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Created

1mo ago

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1mo ago

Summary

Headline: PORTUGUESE JETS SCRAMBLE FIRST TIME UNDER BALTIC AIR POLICING

Description

Portuguese F-16 fighter jets deployed to NATO's Baltic Air Policing at Šiauliai Air Base in Lithuania scrambled for their first alert intercept on April 15, 2024, responding to unidentified Russian military aircraft over international waters near NATO airspace.

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The Portuguese F-16 fighter jets currently augmenting NATO's Baltic Air Policing at Šiauliai Air Base, Lithuania, conducted their first alert scramble during their deployment on April 15.

The Combined Air Operations Centre at Uedem, Germany, scrambled the F-16 pilots for an alert take-off for their first intercept during their seventh deployment to the mission out of Lithuania.

Upon take-off, the F-16 two-ship was tasked to approach two unidentified aircraft flying over international waters in the vicinity of NATO airspace.

Portuguese pilots identified two Russian military aircraft which were not on a flight plan and escorted them until they flew into the Kaliningrad Flight Information Region.

Related URLs

https://ac.nato.int/archive/2024/portuguese-scrambles-first-time-under-baltic-air-policing

Source

https://ac.nato.int/archive/2024/portuguese-scrambles-first-time-under-baltic-air-policing

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