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In Baltic skies, NATO and Russian pilots size each other up warily but without a tilt into war
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In Baltic skies, NATO and Russian pilots size each other up warily but without a tilt into war

  • By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press

In Baltic skies, there's a regular ballet of posturing between pilots from NATO nations and Russia. The military alliance regularly sends up fighter jets to intercept Russian flights that NATO says fail to adhere to international norms and endanger other flyers. The Associated Press spoke to French and Romanian pilots serving on a NATO mission in Lithuania. With spring bringing better weather for flying, they're being kept busy, taking to the skies to identify and watch Russian planes. Alliance members take turns policing Baltic skies around the clock, seven days a week.

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