The Russian fighter’s crew identified the air target as a Falcon 20.
MOSCOW, April 7.
/TASS/. A Russian MiG-31 fighter jet intercepted a Norwegian Air Force Falcon
20 reconnaissance aircraft over the Barents Sea, Russia’s National Defense
Control Center reported on Wednesday.
"On April 7,
2021, Russian airspace control systems detected an air target over the
territory of Norway approaching Russia’s state border. A MiG-31 fighter from
the Northern Fleet’s air defense quick reaction alert forces was scrambled to
identify the air target and prevent it from violating the Russian state
border," the Center said in a statement.
"The Russian
fighter’s crew identified the air target as a Norwegian Air Force Falcon 20
radio-technical reconnaissance and electronic warfare aircraft and shadowed it
over the Barents Sea," the statement says.
After the foreign spy
plane flew away from Russia’s state border, the Russian fighter safely returned
to its home airfield, the Center said.
The Russian fighter’s
flight proceeded in strict compliance with the international rules of using the
airspace, the National Defense Control Center stressed.
"No violations
of the Russian state border were allowed," it said.
Source: ITAR-TASS
07-04-2021
