The two planes in question were the massive AN-22 transport freighter and its lighter, but similarly purposed counterpart AN-72, known in NATO code as a "Coaler".
NATO Baltic Air Policing QRA ITA Typhoon jets on 25 FEB scrambled to intercept RU Armed Forces 1x An-22, 1x An-72 over the Baltic Sea.
— NBS (@Latvijas_armija) February 25, 2015
The scramble comes the same day as reports of massive paratrooper drills being conducted by Russia across the inland borders of Estonia and Latvia in the Pskov region involving around 2,000 troops plus attack helicopters.
