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
Italian Eurofighter Typhoons Scramble To Intercept US-Registered Beech King Air During COMLOSS Incident
Italian Eurofighter Typhoons Scramble To Intercept US-Registered Beech King Air During COMLOSS Incident
Two F-2000A jets of the 51° Stormo. (Image credit: Author)
The Italian Air Force Typhoons in QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) were launched to intercept a U.S.-registered aircraft experiencing loss of radio comms with the Air Traffic Control.
Two Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoons of the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force), in QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) service at Istrana Air Base, Italy, were scrambled to respond to a COMLOSS incident on Apr. 3, 2021.
The F-2000A jets belonging to the 51° Stormo (Wing) and assigned to the 132° Gruppo (Squadron) took of around 14.10LT to intercept a Beech B200GT King Air, registration N130JF on its way from Athens to Zurich, which had failed to respond to the calls of Padova ACC, the local ATC (Air Traffic Control) agency, as it overfl