In 2016, more than 800 reconnaissance aircraft flew to the borders of the Russian Federation.

Information about this was voiced by the representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, while in the official report it appears that the troops were alerted number one more than 4 thousand times, which in turn is much larger than in 2015. On the other hand, it is reported that the number of violations of airspace was reduced only to 16 cases, while in 2015, these figures were many times greater.

Specialists note that recently NATO reconnaissance aircraft demonstrate the greatest activity at the borders of the Russian Federation, however, the military often frequently find approaching enemy planes in advance.