German Eurofighter jets were forced to take off from the Lielvārda base in Latvia. This is not the first such incident with Russian military aircraft since the beginning of 2024. On March 1, German Air Force fighters intercepted Russian Il-20 and Il-76 military aircraft near Latvian territorial waters. Read also: For second straight day, Russia encroaches on NATO air space, forcing France to scramble Mirage jet The day before, French Mirage 2000-5 aircraft intercepted two Russian Su-30M fighters and an An-72 transport plane over the Baltic Sea. France scrambled its Mirage fighter jets to inter…