F-35 Lightning II fighters intercepted Russian Su-27 and Il-20M aircraft near Poland

On the evening of February 13, F-35 Lighting II fighters intercepted a group of Russian fighters near the Polish border.

airplanes. This was reported by Reuters with reference to the Dutch Ministry of Defense.

What is known

Currently eight DutchF-35 Lightning II fifth-generation fighters are located in Poland. The day before, they flew to intercept three aircraft that approached the Polish border from the Kaliningrad region.

The military found one aircraft, butlater it turned out that there were three of them: an Il-20M reconnaissance aircraft and two Su-27 fighters. Dutch F-35 Lightning II escorted them outside the NATO area of ​​responsibility.