Three Russian military aircraft flying without transponder signals have been intercepted in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, Germany's Luftwaffe said on April 26. Germany and Britain sent Eurofighter jets to identify the two Sukhoi Su-27 fighter aircraft and one Ilyushin Il-20 aircraft, the German Luftwaffe tweeted, posting images of the Russian aircraft midflight. Russian military aircraft regularly fly from mainland Russia to Kaliningrad and back, meaning that such encounters are fairly routine in the region. Germany handed over responsibility for NATO's Baltic air-policing mission to Britain earlier this month. Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia do not have air forces. To read the original story by Reuters, click here.
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