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French Air Force
Coverage of French Air Force in the Nexus archive.
- In Baltic skies, NATO and Russian pilots size each other up warily but without a tilt into war
NATO and Russian pilots conduct tense but non-confrontational aerial encounters in Baltic airspace, with French and Romanian detachments intercepting Russian reconnaissance aircraft and bombers. The missions aim to deter escalation amid heightened tensions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, while avoiding direct conflict.