NATO Air Command announced that multiple Russian military aircraft were detected in international airspace over the Baltic region on September 24 and that Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) assets were activated. Turkish F-16s stationed in Estonia also took off.
Turkish F-16s were accompanied by Italian Eurofighters from Lithuania's Siauliai Air Base. Finland's F/A-18 Hornets and Sweden's JAS 39 Gripen jets performed a joint identification mission for the first time during the operation.