A Russian Antonov An-30 crossed into Swedish airspace south of Blekinge on a Friday evening. The violation lasted less than a minute. The An-30 is an aerial survey and photo-mapping aircraft derived from the An-24 airliner, and although the Open Skies Treaty flights it was built for had long since lapsed for Russia, the type remained in service for reconnaissance work over the Baltic.
An Italian Eurofighter on NATO Baltic Air Policing duty destroyed an unidentified drone over eastern Latvia before dawn on 14 August, the second time the alliance's quick-reaction force has shot one down over the country this year.