F-35 NATO scramble January 2022

  • A Norwegian F-35 follows the Russian Beriev A-50 plane north of Norway. Photo: Norwegian Air Force
  • The Beriev A-50 is an early warning and control aircraft often flying together with a group of long-range bombers and fighter jets out of Russian airspace northwest of the Kola Peninsula and north of Norway. Photo: Norwegian Air Force
  • A large surveillance radar with its antenna in an over-fuselage rotodome, which has a diameter of 9 metres, makes the Beriev A-50 very characteristic. Photo: Norwegian Air Force
  • Two Norwegian F-35 on NATO's Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) scrambled from Evenes airport inside the Arctic Circle on Wednesday to identify the Russian military planes. Photo: Tiril Haslestad/ Norwegian Armed Forces