Dutch Fighter Jets Intercept 2 Russian Bombers in Their Airspace
Dutch fighter jets scrambled Wednesday to intercept a pair of Russian military aircraft that entered their airspace, a fairly routine action that comes amid heightened tensions between Russia and NATO, a Dutch official said.
Maj. Wilko Ter Horst said that the military learned around 3:50 p.m. (9:50 a.m. ET) that two Russian TU-95 bombers, known as Bears, had come a half-mile inside its airspace.
A pair of Dutch F-16 military jets were then dispatched to escort the Russian planes and “ensure they (flew) out of our airspace,” said Ter Horst, a Dutch military spokesman.
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