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The mission took place in international airspace, Swedish officials said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Forsvarsmakten\/status\/1915311269244027372\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NATO Air Command released images<\/a> of the operation on social media.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-twitter-tweet embed--float-none embed--size-medium lazyload\" data-require=\"third-party\/twitter-widgets\">\n<div class=\"embed__content-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"sv\" dir=\"ltr\">Tv\u00e5 svenska Jas 39 Gripen har genomf\u00f6rt det f\u00f6rsta skarpa uppdraget inom ramen f\u00f6r <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NATO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@NATO<\/a> f\u00f6rst\u00e4rkta incidentberedskap. Stridsflygen lyfte fr\u00e5n basen i Polen och gjorde en visuell identifiering av ett ryskt signalspaningsflygplan av typen IL-20 Coot.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeAreNATO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#WeAreNATO<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AirPolicing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#AirPolicing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o6ZDdHaGb7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/o6ZDdHaGb7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 F\u00f6rsvarsmakten (@Forsvarsmakten) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Forsvarsmakten\/status\/1915311269244027372?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">April 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Sweden joined NATO in March 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The incident unfolded just days after Britain said it had dispatched two of its fighter jets to intercept Russian warplanes over the Baltic Sea. 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