In the late morning of 17 April, Belgian Air Force F-16 fighter aircraft currently deployed to NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission in Siauliai, Lithuania, intercepted a group of Russian Federation Air Force fighters in the Baltic Sea.
The Russian fighters were manoeuvring in international airspace overflying the USS Donald Cook, a US Navy 6th Fleet destroyer currently operating in the Baltic Sea off the Lithuanian coast.
The Belgian F-16 conducted a professional intercept and left the scene, demonstrating that NATO remains ready, vigilant and prepared to respond to any potential threat.
Video material courtesy Belgian Air Force, editing by Sébastien Raffin
