First F-35 mission: Danish F-35 fighters were deployed to track a Russian Ilyushin Il-20 aircraft over the Baltic Sea. This mission marked the first operational use of these advanced jets.

The F-35 pilots took off from Fighter Wing Skrydstrup and, upon reaching the Baltic Sea, visually confirmed that the aircraft, tracked by ground-based radars, was a Russian Il-20 Coot-A aircraft.