Gripen Hungarian fighters, which now protect the airspace of the Baltic Sea as part of the NATO mission, on Thursday morning intercepted the Russian IL-76. This was announced by the Minister of Defense of Hungary, Christoph Shalai-Bobrovitsky, writes “European Truth”.
“Hungarian fighters were raised early in the morning due to an unidentified aircraft, and then Gripen, according to international procedures, successfully intercepted and identified the Russian Il-76 aircraft flying south over the Baltic Sea,” the minister
said
According to him, after the Gripen interception, they returned to the Shaulyai air base in Lithuania.
For four months from August 1, 2022, the Armed Forces of Hungary consisting of almost 80 soldiers and four combat aircraft Gripen will perform the tasks of protecting the airspace of the Baltic countries together with Germany, the Czech Republic and Italy under the auspices of NATO.