The flights will operate exclusively in Alliance territory and will operate from Preveza Air Base in Greece.
The North Atlantic Alliance has begun further monitoring of Romanian airspace by deploying another long-range radar surveillance (AWACS) aircraft. informing about it European reality on Monday, September 30th.
The decision to fly AWACS, made on the recommendation of NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe, will help support the Alliance’s enhanced presence in the region and monitor Russian military activity, the Allied Air Force Command asserted.
The surveillance aircraft will “monitor Russian military activity” along the alliance’s borders and increase Romania’s ability to respond to air threats near its borders.
NATO emphasized that the flights will take place exclusively in Alliance territory and will be operated from the Preveza airbase in Greece.
Let’s remember that the previous Prime Minister of Romania, Marcel Ciolacu, denied the inaction of the authorities due to the violation of airspace by a Russian drone.
Let’s add that on the night of September 27, Russian troops carried out a drone strike on Ukrainian territory near Chilia on the Danube near the Romanian border. In response, Romania scrambled fighter jets to monitor the situation.
Source: korrespondent
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