The fighters will be integrated into the Italian contingent.
BERLIN / BUCHAREST. The Air Force of the Federal Republic of Germany (Luftwaffe) sent three Eurofighter Typhoon fighters to Romania.
It is part of an effort to secure airspace on the south-eastern wing of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). TASR informed about it on the basis of a press release from the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr).
German planes landed at the air base Mihail Kogalniceanu near the Romanian city of Constanta, which lies on the Black Sea coast.
Evidence of the withdrawal of Russian troops is lacking, according to the US, their number has increased Read
“Eurofighter fighters will be largely integrated into the Italian contingent. There are already about 60 soldiers from the 74th Tactical Air Squadron (Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 74),” he said. Bundeswehr on its website.
This type of cooperation should make it possible to ensure air defense quickly. Fully armed German fighters will conduct protection flights together with Italian counterparts.
Allies within ONTO strengthen the Alliance’s eastern wing in response to the accumulation of Russian troops and heavy equipment near the border with Ukraine. The West sees this as a preparation for a potential invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow rejects, calling it a “hysteria” caused by Western countries.