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Portugal's F-16AM Detachment in Estonia Tops Ten Russian Intercepts in Five Weeks — Tuesday's Latest Alpha Scramble From Ämari Air Base Reframes the NATO 1.18%-of-GDP Argument as Berlin Pushes Lisbon Toward 2% by 2029 and 5% by 2035

Two F-16AM Fighting Falcons from Portugal's Air Force detachment at Ämari Air Base in Estonia scrambled on Tuesday to intercept Russian aircraft — the roughly tenth Alpha Scramble since the four-month NATO eAP rotation began on 1 April with four jets and 95 personnel.

Sports

WRC Vodafone Rally de Portugal Opens in Coimbra Today as the 59th Edition Loads 70 Crews, 23 Stages and 345 Competitive Kilometres From Aveiro to the Fafe Power Stage — Ogier Defends, Evans Leads on 101 Points and Neuville Tops the Baltar Shakedown

The 59th Vodafone Rally de Portugal opens at 14:00 today on Coimbra's Avenida de Conímbriga as 70 crews, 11 of them Rally1, head into 23 special stages totalling 345.14 competitive kilometres on gravel between the Aveiro lowlands, the Coimbra hills, the Douro and the Fafe finale on Sunday.