US, Swedish and German aircraft conducted reconnaissance missions near Russia's borders
According to websites that track the flights of military aircraft , planes of the U.S. Air Force, Swedish Air Force and the German Navy conducted reconnaissance missions near the sea borders of the Kaliningrad region on January 18, as reported by Russia’s Interfax news agency.
According to their information, an RC-135W strategic reconnaissance aircraft of the U.S. Air Force with tail number 62-4138 and call sign LAVIC45, took off from an air base in Mildenhall, UK. It approached the coast of the Kaliningrad region from the Baltic Sea and for about two hours it conducted reconnaissance of the Russian territory while flying at an altitude of 10 kilometers near the Baltiysk.
Another plane, a Gulfstream 4 reconnaissance aircraft of the Swedish Air Force with tail number 102003 and the call sign SVF623, flew to the Russian borders in the south of the Baltic. It carried out a reconnaissance mission near the coast of the Kaliningrad region, flying at an altitude of approximately 12.5 kilometers over the international waters of the Baltic Sea.
It was also reported that A P-3C Orion patrol aircraft of the German Navy with tail number 60 + 60, and call sign GNY4500, which took off from the Nordholz air base in northwestern Germany approached the Kaliningrad region.