A top-secret U.S. Air Force reconnaissance jet was spotted circling Russian territory this week, intensifying concerns about a broader conflict as drone incursions disrupted air travel across Europe, the Daily Mail reported.
The RC-135U Combat Sent, designed to intercept and analyze enemy radar systems, left England early Tuesday and flew over the Baltic states before looping around Kaliningrad, the Russian exclave wedged between Poland and Lithuania.
The aircraft, call sign JAKE37, took off from Mildenhall, a Royal Air Force station in Suffolk, England, at 2:32 a.m. Eastern time and landed back in the United Kingdom at 9:36 a.m., according to flight tracking data.
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