Dispatch from Estonia and Romania: How NATO burden sharing works on the bottom

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February of 2022, NATO’s credibility is most at stake on Europe’s japanese flank. Reinforcing NATO members on this area by elevated navy presence and bolstering protection and deterrence posture are the highest priorities for many political and navy leaders in Europe. In April, a group from the Atlantic … Read more

NATO ‘Eye within the Sky’ AWACS Fly Surveillance Sorties in Airspace Above Jap Romania

NATO air forces have beefed up surveillance of the Atlantic Alliance’s southeastern frontier in current weeks with the uncommon deployment of E-3A Sentry AWACS surveillance plane to airspace over japanese Romania. The newest sortie, on Wednesday, Might 8, in all probability missed watching a significant Russian missile strike on Ukraine in real-time by a matter … Read more

Romania, Iohannis: A extra decisive dedication is required to defend NATO’s jap flank

A way more decisive dedication is required to defend NATO’s jap flank, additionally by way of deterrence. The Romanian president stated it, Klaus Iohannis, after assembly his US counterpart, Joe Biden, on the White Home. “We’ve got these battlegroups, now we have troops deployed, however for my part they don’t seem to be sufficient. A … Read more

Finland to hitch NATO’s Air Shielding Mission in Romania

A detachment of the Finnish Air Drive’s F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets will take part in NATO’s upcoming Air Shielding Mission in Romania from June to July. The primary-time contingent might be composed of as much as eight planes and 100 airmen from the Karelia Air Command in Siilinjärvi, Finland. The fleet will function alongside UK … Read more

Allied Air Command | E2C Hawkeye – from French plane provider Charles de Gaulle to Romania

RAMSTEIN, Germany – A French E2C Hawkeye airborne management plane performed an operational mission shielding the Alliance’s jap flank on April 30, 2024 and performed a refuelling at Borcea Air Base, Romania throughout NATO’s Neptune Strike 24-1.  Allied naval and amphibious forces taking part in Neptune Strike are deployed throughout the European theatre and conduct … Read more

Allied Air Command | Finnish Air Power to take part in NATO’s Air Shielding mission in Romania in summer season 2024

RAMSTEIN, Germany – The Finnish Air Power will deploy a detachment of F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets to Romania in summer season 2024 as a part of Finland’s contribution to NATO’s peacetime missions.   For the Finnish Air Power, the aims of the deployment are to reinforce our integration into NATO air energy, to additional deepen bilateral … Read more

Allied Air Command | Royal Air Pressure and Spanish Air Pressure conduct NATO joint flying coaching in Romania

RAMSTEIN, Germany – Eurofighter Typhoons from the Royal Air Pressure (RAF) and Spanish Air Pressure carried out a joint air coaching train from Mihail Kogalniceanu in Romania. We share the platform, we share weapons and armament. Two RAF Storm fighter went up in opposition to two Typhoons the Spanish Air Pressure in a coaching train simulating … Read more

Spanish jets conduct NATO mission over Romania

On April 16, 2024, Spanish fighter jets demonstrated their prolonged attain and complicated capabilities in a NATO mission over Romania. Spanish forces, together with detachments from Lithuania and Romania, collaborated in a posh aerial coaching train that spanned from the Baltic to the Black Sea. The mission concerned Spanish F/A-18 jets from the Baltic Air … Read more

Allied Air Command | Spanish fighter jets exhibit attain and functionality in Romania

RAMSTEIN, Germany – Spanish plane deployed to Lithuania and Romania mixed their efforts and flew a NATO mission, shielding airspace over Romania on April 16, 2024 demonstrating Alliance capabilities, attain and readiness. Whereas each Spanish detachments are assigned for NATO missions, we use each alternative to reinforce our pilots’ expertise and exhibit Alliance capabilities and … Read more