Defence News
Russian Military Jets Intercepted over the Black Sea by Canadian Aircraft
Canadian jets were scrambled to intercept Russian military aircraft over the Black Sea, NATO said Friday.
The CF-188 Hornet fighter jets joined Romanian Air Force jets to intercept two Russian Su-24 Fencers operating near Romanian airspace over the Black Sea. Thursday’s mission was their first intercept as part of their enhanced Air policing mission
The jets were scrambled by NATO’s southern Combined Air Operations Center Torrejon, after the Russian aircraft was detected by the Romanian Air Force’s Control and Reporting Centre.
