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NATO F-10 aircraft intercept Russian planes on the Baltic Sea

New episode in September

The Belgian Air Force announced on the social network "Twitter" that, on September 17th, two F-16 aircraft on a mission for Brussels NATO would intercept Russian Tu-160 and Su-27 airplanes as they flew over the Baltic Sea. This would be the first episode since last September 3rd, when a branch of the Brussels aviation took command of the 51st mission "Baltic Air Policing" (BAP). The North American...

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Brussels, Belgium, 09/18/2019 11:37
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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