When the pilots closed in on the coordinates provided by ground radar, visual confirmation revealed the truth.
A Nato fighter jet was scrambled to shoot down a drone earlier today, only for the pilot to realise it was a flock of birds.
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NATO fighter jets scramble to intercept drone over Lithuania as emergency alert issued
An emergency alert was sent to mobile phones shortly after midnight as residents were warned of a potential aerial threat and ...
JUST IN: NATO scrambles a fighter jet over Lithuania after a suspected drone sighting, but authorities later determine it was ...
An emergency notification was sent to residents, warning them of an 'air threat' ...
Jets Scramble for Birds Incident highlights heightened alert amid Russias repeated drone incursions into Baltic states and ...
Two Italian Eurofighters scrambled under NATO command to intercept an explosive-laden drone over Lithuania, marking the nation's first operational air defense shootdown. (Lithuanian Army) ...
The incident marks the second time in 30 days that the Italian Air Force has responded to airspace incursions.
United Airlines has canceled a planned 9/11 commemoration that was set to feature a Boeing 777 flanked by fighter jets flying ...
Italian Typhoons shot down a drone over Lithuania early Tuesday, the first ever downed in Lithuanian airspace. Two days earlier, the alert was birds.
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