Two Tu-160 strategic missile carriers of the Aerospace Forces completed a planned flight in airspace over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea. This reported by Russian Defense Ministry press-service.
The total flight time exceeded eight hours.
At certain stages of the route, Russian aircraft accompanied the Su-35 of the Russian Aerospace Forces, as well as foreign fighters F-16 of the Danish Air Force, F-22 of the Italian and German Air Forces, MiG-29 of the Polish Air Force, Grippen Jazz 39 of the Swedish Air Force.
Long-range aviation pilots regularly fly over the neutral waters of the Arctic, North Atlantic, Black and Baltic seas, and the Pacific ocean.
All flights of the Russian Aerospace Forces are carried out in strict accordance with the International Airspace Management System without violating the borders of other states.
