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.
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.