India, April 21 -- British fighter jets have intercepted two Russian intelligence aircraft flying close to NATO airspace, UK's Ministry of Defense said.
Two RAF Typhoons, as part of NATO's enhanced Air Policing in the region, were scrambled from Malbork Air Base in Poland last week to intercept a Russian Ilyushin Il-20M "Coot-A" intelligence aircraft over the Baltic Sea.
Thursday, another two Typhoons scrambled from the base, to intercept an unknown aircraft leaving Kaliningrad air space and close to NATO airspace.
The intercepts mark the British Air Force's first scramble as part of Operation CHESSMAN and come just weeks after the aircraft arrived in eastern Poland to begin their deployment alongside Sweden in defense of NATO's Eastern ...