Italian Eurofighters had their first scramble 2 days ago.
Eurofighters of the Italian Air Force were scrambled on Monday 08, 2024 from Malbrok in Poland.
The fighter jets had to intercept a Russian Il-20 that was flying over the Baltic Sea. It was not answering to the requests of identification.
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The Italian Eurofighters are part of the Air Policing over the Baltic Sea. They had their first scramble 2 days ago & their second Alpha scramble yesterday.
The Eurofighter Typhoon is a European multinational twin-engine, supersonic, canard delta wing, multirole fighter. The Typhoon was designed originally as an air-superiority fighter.
Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft were developed in the Soviet Union based on the Il-18 passenger aircraft by integrating a radio reconnaissance station and a radar surveillance station under the fuselage.
Earlier, Swedish forces spotted the Russian Il-20 aircraft, after which two German Eurofighter aircraft scrambled to meet it, flying out of an air base close to the German town of Laage.