NATO fighters have again intercepted a Russian Il-20 spy plane over the Baltic / Photo from Wikimedia
The F-16 fighters protecting the airspace over the Baltic countries on Thursday intercepted yet another Russian military aircraft, the Latvian Ministry of Defense reported on Twitter.
"NATO F-16 fighters patrolling the Baltic airspace, on November 6 were scrambled to intercept a Russian IL-20 (electronic warfare) reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea," according to the report.
As reported earlier, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that Russian reconnaissance aircraft have been intercepted by alliance fighters over 100 times so far this year, three times more than usual.