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Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Russian planes spark NATO scramble in Baltic

Tu-134UBNATO jets were scrambled Monday as four Russian air force planes flew near the territory of the Baltic states, Lithuania's defence ministry said, adding that the unusual number was a cause for concern, AFP reported.

Defence ministry spokeswoman Ugne Naujokaityte said that four Danish F-16 fighters, which currently police the skies of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, took to the air twice to escort the Russian planes.

Two AN26 transport aircraft and a TU134 bomber flew in succession from Russia's Baltic territory of Kaliningrad to Russia itself, and an IL20 intelligence-gathering plane flew in the opposite direction.

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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous9/11/11 20:15

    "TU134 bomber" - ? Tu-134 is a twin-engined airliner!!!

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  2. Unknown10/11/11 07:54

    Tu-134UBL - Bomber aircrew training version. (Wikipedia)

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