{"id":140189,"date":"2023-04-19T07:00:34","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T11:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=140189"},"modified":"2023-04-20T22:46:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T02:46:17","slug":"germans-brits-swedes-intercept-rooskis-over-the-gulf-of-finland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=140189","title":{"rendered":"Germans, Brits, Swedes intercept Rooskis over the Gulf of Finland"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a nice piece of international cooperation,\u00a0 Typhoon fighters (above) from the RAF and Luftwaffe intercepted a Russian IL-20 Coot-A intel platform over the Gulf of\u00a0 Finland, and escorted of it and its two Su-27 escorts to Kaliningrad.<\/div>\n
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One of the planes was a Russian Air Force IL-20 Coot-A intelligence plane which was flying from mainland Russia to Kaliningrad<\/a>, an enclave which borders Poland<\/a>. It was being escorted by two Russian SU-27 Flanker-B fighter jets.<\/p>\n

A pilot involved in the operation said: \u201cWe often see Russian military aircraft flying over the Baltic Sea and so this was a routine intercept for us.<\/p>\n

\u201cNevertheless, the importance of intercepting these aircraft and our commitment to the collective defence of Nato airspace remains steadfast and resolute.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat this intercept has proven is that together with our German allies, we are able to act with speed and decisiveness to effectively ensure the Alliance\u2019s security.\u201d<\/p>\n

The three Russian planes were the Estonian flight information region before handing over to Saab Gripen fighters of the Swedish Air Force.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The Independent via AOL<\/a><\/p>\n

Nice that no one did anything silly, like when that Russian plane pickled off a live (thankfully defective) missile at a Brit RC-135 recon plane in September.\u00a0 MSN<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 That’s a 707\u00a0 airframe…hard to confuse with a fighter even for the stupid. (No comments about that Iranian airliner we shot down, or KAL-007 needed.)<\/p>\n

Sorta wish we could see the transcripts of those radio conversations with their respective bases. I recall a Czech fighter pickling off a heat-seeker at one of our Cobras one dark night when our boy strayed over the Czech border. I am told those were real interesting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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