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25/09/2026 – 10:32 GMT+2

Finland’s air force said on Friday that Swedish and Finnish fighter jets had been scrambled to identify Russian fighter jets flying over the Gulf of Finland.

The air force said that the two Nordic countries’ Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) jets had been scrambled on Thursday.

They had identified a Russian detachment consisting of a Tu-134 transport aircraft, MiG-31 fighter jets and Su-30 fighter jets “in international airspace over the Gulf of Finland.”

According to the military it was the first joint operational “identification mission” for the two air forces.

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