“Pilots of Russian fighters, after approaching, identified the F-16 aircraft, its flight number, belonged to the Belgian Air Force and took it for escort,” TASS quoted the message as saying.
The Ministry of Defense reported that after the foreign plane changed the flight course from the Russian state border, the fighters continued to carry out planned combat training missions.
On April 19, a Russian VKS fighter took on a escort in Syria by a U.S. Navy aircraft, heading towards Russian targets.