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France send jets to Baltics; Britain scrambles jets after Russian plane approaches airspace
by Staff Writers
Washington, United States (AFP) April 23, 2014


Britain scrambles jets after Russian plane approaches airspace
London (AFP) April 23, 2014 - Two British Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets were scrambled after two Russian military aircraft were detected approaching northern Scotland on Wednesday, the Ministry of Defence said.

The jets from RAF Leuchars in Scotland were sent to "determine the identity of unknown aircraft", which turned away before reaching British airspace.

"The aircraft were subsequently identified as Russian military aircraft," said a ministry spokesman.

"The Russian military aircraft remained in international airspace at all times as they are perfectly entitled to do so."

RAF jets were deployed in similar circumstances eight times last year, but no Russian military flights ever entered UK airspace without authorisation, the spokesman said.

Four French fighter jets will join NATO air patrols over the Baltics starting on Sunday, France's chief of defense staff said Wednesday during a visit to Washington.

General Pierre de Villiers said the four fighter aircraft, either Mirage 2000 or Rafale jets, would fly from a base in Poland, amid growing anxiety in Baltic countries over Russia's intervention in Ukraine.

"They will participate in the air policing mission over the Baltic states, from Poland," he told reporters.

In another measure of "reassurance," France also is deploying an AWACS early-warning radar aircraft to patrol the skies over Romania, the general said.

The United States announced Tuesday it was deploying 600 airborne troops for exercises in Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia in a show of solidarity with NATO members bordering Russia.

But the French officer said his political leaders had not ordered further steps to support alliance members.

"For the moment, the guidance is very clear, we do not go beyond that," he said.

The French military, which is overseeing the land element of NATO's response force through 2014, would be ready to expand its presence in Eastern Europe as required, he added.

The Baltic states, which gained independence from the former Soviet Union in 1991, joined NATO in 2004 but lack sufficient aircraft to police their own skies, so larger NATO members take turns patrolling their airspace.

During his visit to Washington, de Villiers met White House officials and the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, for talks that touched on military cooperation in Africa's Sahel region.

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