MoD scrambles Typhoon fighter jets after 'multiple' Russian planes spotted in Baltic airspace

• Aircraft from 3 (Fighter) Squadron took to the skies after four groups of Russian aircraft were detected by Nato
  
• Russian planes identified as a Russian Tupolec Tu22 Backfire bomber, four Sukoi Su27 and one Beriev A50 Mainstay
• An Antonov An26 Curl transport aircraft was also detected flying in Baltic airspace yesterday
• MoD said crafts, which were carrying out 'a variety of routine training', were monitored and escorted on their way
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By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

PUBLISHED: 17:22 GMT, 18 June 2014 | UPDATED: 19:23 GMT, 18 June 2014

RAF Typhoon fighters were scrambled to intercept 'multiple Russian aircraft' as part of the Nato mission to police the airspace over the Baltics, the Ministry of Defence said yesterday.

The aircraft from 3 (Fighter) Squadron were ordered into the skies after four separate groups of aircraft were detected by Nato air defences in international airspace near to the Baltic states.

The aircraft were subsequently identified as a Russian Tupolev Tu22 Backfire bomber, four Sukhoi Su27 Flanker fighters, one Beriev A50 Mainstay early-warning aircraft and an Antonov An26 Curl transport aircraft.

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