Russian bombers pose risk to civil aviation | Barentsobserver
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The four bombers and four tanker aircraft tracked by F-16s outside Northern Norway were not using on-board transponders or maintained any radio contact with civilian air traffic authorities.
Thomas Nilsen
October 30, 2014
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Two Norwegian F-16 fighter jets were scrambled from Bodø airforce base early Wednesday morning as NATO radars detected eight Russian aircrafts flying from Russia’s Kola Peninsula and into international airspace on a southwest bound route from the Barents Sea over the Norwegian Sea.
The aircrafts identified were four Tu-95 strategic bombers and four Il-78 tanker aircrafts.
NATO issued a statement Wednesday saying the “flights represent an unusual level of air activity over European airspace.”
