On Monday morning, on-call hunting pairs were picked up for flight, and ground air defence systems reached a state of advanced alert. This had to do with an intense air attack by the Russian Federation in Ukraine. Operations Command besides reported the interception of Russian aircraft by allied fighters stationed in Poland.
"Operational Commander of the Armed Forces Types activated all available forces and resources at his disposal, on-call hunting pairs were picked up, and ground-based air defence and radio-location systems reached a state of highest readiness," Operations Command reported this morning. This is simply a standard reaction in the event of the recording of peculiarly intense Russian attacks in the territory of Ukraine. This is to minimise the hazard of any breach of the Polish border, accidental or intentional. A fewer hours later, there was a message about the completion of Polish and allied aviation operations in national airspace.
Also today, Operations Command reported further interceptions of Russian aircraft they made British pilots stationed in Poland, as part of the Natovian mission enhanced Air Police. These interceptions occurred on June 5. A squad of Eurofighter Typhoon fighters were picked up to fly from the 22nd Tactical Aviation Base in Malbork.
The first reason for the reaction was the Russian An-30 aircraft, utilized to photograph the earth's surface. The aircraft was leaving Kaliningrad airspace and was close to NATO airspace. After identifying An-30, a pair of Typhoons followed him to defend another aircraft located close and to guarantee their safety.
The second aircraft intercepted was the Il-20M reconnaissance and listening device. The Russian device did not respond to attempts to communicate, it besides had a transponder disabled, which allows to identify the aircraft and track its route. The Polish website was besides not notified of the flight plan. global law requires that, for safety reasons, all aircraft execute at least 2 of the 3 specified activities. After intercepting and identifying Il-a, British Typhoons followed him to defend civilian air traffic in the immediate vicinity. According to the RAF, this is simply a common practice due to the fact that in the absence of communication, civilian aircraft and air traffic controllers cannot be certain of the movements of specified aircraft.
Six Eurofighter Typhoon fighters and 200 British Air Force troops have been stationed in Malbork since early April. As part of their NATO mission, they service there with the crews of six Gripens and the ground personnel of the Swedish Air Force. For Swedes, this is the first specified action since their country joined NATO. British-Swedish air surveillance mission will end in July.
