NATO Baltic Air Policing QRA ITA Typhoon jets on 5 MAR scrambled to intercept RU Armed Forces Il-20 over the Baltic Sea.
— NBS (@Latvijas_armija) March 5, 2015
Air Police intercept Russian 'coot'
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March 5, 2015, 12:56
NATO's Baltic Air Police pilots from Italy's Air Force took to the skies Thursday morning to intercept a Russian military plane Ilyushin IL-20, a reconnaissance and spy craft known in alliance jargon as a 'coot', Latvia's National Armed Forces (NBS) tweeted Thursday.
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