The incident marked at least the third time in a week that Russian aircraft had been intercepted in the region.

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Another pair of RAF fighter jets scrambled again, less than 48 hours later, to scare off an unknown aircraft that was attempting to leave the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, according to The ...

Moscow: The Russian fighter aircraft Sukhoi Su-35, which is a state-of-the-art multirole fighter jet, is rapidly strengthening its foothold in the global defense market. Recently, this fighter jet ...

Fighter jets protecting NATO’s eastern flank have been scrambled for at least the fourth time in 10 days to intercept Russian aircraft flying close to alliance airspace. Two Swedish Gripens ...

Two Swedish fighter jets under NATO command were scrambled Thursday over the Baltic Sea to escort away a Russian reconnaissance plane that was approaching Polish airspace, Sweden's armed forces ...