Typhoons scramble supersonic for Backfire and Flanker.

[hammarö]

Early morning on Mar. 24, NATO and Swedish QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) interceptors were scrambled to identify and shadow a formation of two Russian Air Force Tu-22M Backfire bombers escorted by two Su-27 Flanker aircraft.

As usual, the aircraft were flying with no FPL, no transponder, in international airspace. But, unlike all the previous events the leading Tu-22M bomber was flying at supersonic speed!

As a consequence of the high-speed of the Russian planes, the Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon jets, providing BAP (Baltic Air Patrol) duties from Siauliau airbase, Lithuania, had to perform a supersonic run to intercept and escort the Tu-22s and accompanying Su-27s.

Swedish news and later
http://theaviationist.com/2015/03/24/tu ... er-baltic/

[Wijgert IJlst]

Title has to read "Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon scramble supersonic..."

[SquAdmin]

Title has to read "Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon scramble supersonic..."

Which is a good thing, because no way a Gripen would be able to keep up with a Backfire or Flanker...

[Stratofreighter]

Hammaro, do you happen to know more about that Swedish plan to sell of six Super Pumas

You can read Swedish obviously, and you may be able to find information that "us Dutchies" cannot.

[Wijgert IJlst]

Title has to read "Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon scramble supersonic..."

[hammarö]

Swedish air force Gripen find and identified the 4 intruders, and left over to NATO planes.

http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/aktuell ... -flygning/

The 2 Flankers left for Kaliningrad and changed with 2 Flankers on base, supposed to be Chernyakovsk. All planes certainly based on Petrozavodsk. Any info planes id?

[hammarö]

The last flight of the Swedish Air Force Pumas was 4 December 2014.

http://navyskipper.blogspot.se/2014/12/ ... ter_6.html

No detailed info of sellings, but I search further.

[hammarö]

More info of Helikopter 10.

6 helicopters are on selling. The last time to give a prize is 6 april 2015. 4 helicopters are in Linköping (Helikopter Flottila) and two are on F21 Luleå.

http://fxm.se/forsaljningar

[hammarö]

Using of signal intelligence in this part of the world.

http://www.zenza.se/signalspaning/

Also certainly used this day.

[Stratofreighter]

More info of Helikopter 10.

6 helicopters are on selling. The last time to give a prize is 6 april 2015. 4 helicopters are in Linköping (Helikopter Flottila) and two are on F21 Luleå.

http://fxm.se/forsaljningar

Okay, thanks!