German and Swedish jets track Russian reconnaissance plane over Baltic Sea

German Eurofighter jets tracked the Russian plane (Daniel Karmann/dpa via AP)

Air force fighter jets from Germany and Sweden have been scrambled to intercept and track a Russian surveillance plane that was flying unidentified over the Baltic Sea, military officials said.

Two Swedish Gripen jets and two German Eurofighter jets deployed in international airspace to monitor and photograph the Russian IL-20 reconnaissance aircraft.