Two Russian Tu-160s And Four Flankers Intercepted By Italian F-35s, Danish F-16s and Swedish Gripens Over The Baltic theaviationist.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theaviationist.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
RAF Typhoons conduct CAS training with USAF and Italian Army JTACs 27 May 2021 (Last Updated May 27th, 2021 12:43)
The two RAF Typhoons participated in Close Air Support training with Nato JTAC teams from the USAF and Italian Army.
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This operation is the UK’s long planned contribution to Nato’s defensive eAP mission of the Black Sea region, supported by a 180 strong team and two RAF Typhoons. Credit: Royal Air Force. UK Crown Copyright.
Two of the British Royal Air Force (RAF) 121 Expeditionary Air Wing’s Typhoons have conducted a training exercise with US Air Force (USAF) and the Italian Army Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTAC) in Romania.
Italian Air Force Identifies Russian An-12 Off Estonia In First Ever Intercept By F-35 Supporting NATO BAP
Italian Air Force Identifies Russian An-12 Off Estonia In First Ever Intercept By F-35 Supporting NATO BAP
File photo of an F-35A supporting NATO mission in Iceland in 2019 (Image credit: Author)
The Italian F-35 jets deployed to Estonia, scored their first intercept under NATO command in the Baltic region.
On May 14, 2021, the Italian Air Force F-35 aircraft deployed to Ämari Air Base, Estonia, to support NATO’s Baltic Air Policing (BAP) mission, were scrambled and executed their first intercept.
“The Combined Air Operations Centre at Uedem, Germany, recorded an unidentified track in the Baltic Sea flying from mainland Russia to Kaliningrad and ordered an alert scramble for the F-35s mission to identify that track. Upon take-off, the Italian NATO aircraft approached and identified a Russian An-12 transport aircraft executing the first ever intercept by an F-35 under