For second straight day, Russia encroaches on NATO air space, forcing France to scramble Mirage jet
For the second straight day, a NATO member’s air force was called on to intercept a Russian plane encroaching on NATO territory.
The French military deployed Mirage fighter jets to intercept a Russian military aircraft near the coast of Estonia, France's General Staff reported on X on Feb. 27.
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The interception was initiated as a response to the presence of a Russian IL-20 reconnaissance plane approaching Estonian airspace.
The incident occurred off the coast of Estonia, the action was taken to "protect the airspace of our Baltic allies," the French General Staff stated.
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The move by France comes just a day after the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) was forced to scramble a Eurofighter jet to intercept a Russian Il-20M military aircraft off the coast of Finland.
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