It was Altaposten who first mentioned the bangs. To TV 2 The police operations center confirms that they received several reports of the loud bangs.
– There are always two F-16 aircraft in Bodø on standby, which took off around 13.30 today, to identify Russian aircraft that were in international airspace. That was probably what was heard in Alta, says Lieutenant Colonel Ivar Moen at the Armed Forces’ operational headquarters.
According to the Armed Forces’ operational headquarters, this is something that is done routinely between 30-50 times a year.
The Norwegian fighter planes set out to identify the Russian fighter planes, take pictures of them and monitor that they do not move into Norwegian airspace without permission.
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