Baltic Air Policing jets intercept Russian fighters
22 Apr 2020 18:05
Belgian jets assigned to NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission intercepted Russian fighters as they conducted low passes over a US Navy destroyer on 17 April 2020. The Belgian F-16 Fighting Falcon multirole fighters launched from Šiauliai Air Base in Lithuania, where the air policing mission is headquartered. They then intercepted the Russian aircraft – two Su-24 Fencer attack jets, one Su-27 Flanker air superiority fighter and one Su-30 Flanker-C multirole fighter – over the USS Donald Cook, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer manoeuvring in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Lithuania. The F-16s conducted the intercept in a safe and professional manner. Air policing is a peacetime activity conducted 365 days a year over Alliance territory. Intercepts can be triggered when air traffic – civilian or military – does not respond to hails from air traffic controllers. Footage includes GoPro and helmet shots of Russian jets flying over the USS Donald Cook.
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Belgian jets assigned to NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission intercepted Russian fighters as they conducted low passes over a US Navy destroyer on 17 April 2020.
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1. (00:00) GOPRO SHOTS – RUSSIAN SU-24 FENCER ATTACK JETS 2. (00:12) GOPRO SHOT – BELGIAN PILOT IN F-16 COCKPIT 3. (00:17) GOPRO SHOT – SU-24 JETS FLYING OVER USS DONALD COOK 4. (00:41) HELMET CAMERA – SU-24 JETS BANKING RIGHT 5. (00:51) HELMET CAMERA – SU-27 FLANKER PASSING USS DONALD COOK, WITH SU-30 FLANKER-C ABOVE 6. (00:54) HELMET CAMERA – SU-30 FLANKER-C DESCENDING TO LEVEL WITH CAMERA
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04.23.2020
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