The Royal Netherlands Air Force said on Monday that the Danish Air Force had intercepted two Russian bombers that were detected over Denmark as they were flying towards the area monitored by the Netherlands on behalf of NATO.
It added that the Dutch F-16s into action on Monday morning, but the two Russian bombers were intercepted before they could enter NATO-monitored Dutch airspace and have now returned.
A spokesman for the Royal Netherlands Air Force stated that aircraft are intercepted if they do not have a unique identification code, flight plan, or one-on-one conversation.
He also said that Russian aircraft violating the airspace of a European country or approaching it is not uncommon.
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