Media: US, Swedish spy aircraft conduct flights near Russia’s Kaliningrad

A US Bombardier Challenger 650 Artemis reconnaissance plane and a Swedish Gulfstream S102B Korpen electronic intelligence aircraft are flying near Kaliningrad, Russia, TASS reports, citing flight data.

The US aircraft departed from Mihail Kogalniceanu Airport near Constanța, Romania, and from 11:50 Baku time began circumnavigating Kaliningrad via Polish and Lithuanian airspace and over the Baltic Sea. The Swedish Air Force Gulfstream S102B Korpen took off from Malmen Air Base at 12:07 Baku time, entering Polish airspace to patrol along the Kaliningrad border.

Previously, on March 25, the Swedish Gulfstream flew for four hours over neutral waters in the Black Sea. On March 18, a British Royal Air Force electronic intelligence aircraft operated in the same area.

By Jeyhun Aghazada