American Bombardier ARTEMIS II reconnaissance aircraft circles the borders of the Kaliningrad region
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The American Bombardier ARTEMIS II reconnaissance aircraft flies near the borders of the Kaliningrad region, entering a circular trajectory in the area of the Polish city of Augustow.
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Why It Matters
The Bombardier ARTEMIS II aircraft is regularly used for flights around the Kaliningrad region and over the Black Sea.
MOSCOW, October 6 - RIA Novosti. An American reconnaissance aircraft is circling around the Kaliningrad region, according to flight data studied by RIA Novosti.
The Bombardier ARTEMIS II aircraft took off from the Mihail Kogalniceanu airbase in Romania at about 8.37 Moscow time and, as of 11.24 Moscow time, flies over the borders of the Kaliningrad region, entering a circular trajectory near the city of Augustow in north-eastern Poland.
The aircraft is based at the Mihail Kogalniceanu airbase in Romania. The aircraft was converted from a business jet by the American company Leidos for the needs of radar reconnaissance. In its military modification it was called ARTEMIS II.
It is regularly used for flights around the Kaliningrad region and over the Black Sea along Crimea and other southern regions of Russia.
Open Questions
- What specific tasks was the plane performing at that moment?
