German and British fighter jets intercept Russian plane near NATO border
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The German Air Force and U.K.'s Royal Air Force worked together to intercept a Russian military aircraft that was flying close to NATO airspace over the Baltic Sea.
The comments come after Typhoon fighter jets from the German and Royal Air Force executed a joint mission to intercept the Russian aircraft, which was flying over the Gulf of Finland and Baltic Sea in an apparent intelligence gathering mission. Michael Lee is a writer at Fox News. Follow him on Twitter @UAMichaelLee
The NATO fighter jets were able to visually identify multiple Russian planes that were identified on radar flying close to the alliance's airspace, the press release said, with one of the aircraft being identified as a Russian Air Force IL-20 Coot-A intelligence aircraft.