Nato jets intercept Russian spy plane over Sweden
Eurofighters identified an Ilyushin Il-20 aircraft flying over the Swedish island of Gotland
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Eurofighters identified an Ilyushin Il-20 aircraft flying over the Swedish island of Gotland
Russia's planes were reportedly flying close to NATO airspace.
The U.S. Navy and NATO Air Command conducted 2021's first joint maritime and air training mission in the Black Sea on January 23. The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75); one U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Reconnaissance aircraft from VP-46 out of Sigonella, Italy,; and NATO Air Command aircraft E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft based in Geilenkirchen Air Base, Germany, participated.