With the escalation of international tensions between Russia and NATO and a peace that seems increasingly distant, the Air Policing missions that seemed like a routine, have become more and more important in the field of NATO border deterrence. The…

Last November we went to Romania to spend a day with the Royal Canadian Air Force personnel engaged in Operation Reassurance 2021 with the CF-188 Hornet fighter aircraft. The Canadian mission took place as part of the enhanced NATO Air…

n the early morning of May 14, the Italian Air Force F-35 pilots deployed to Ämari Air Base, Estonia, supporting NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission, executed their first intercept since they arrived in early May. The Combined Air Operations Centre…

NATO officially certified the Royal Air Force Typhoon detachment ready to conduct enhanced Air Policing alongside the Romanian Air Force. During a ceremony at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, NATO’s representative, Air Commodore Jason Appleton, Deputy Chief of Staff Support…

Showcasing Alliance vigilance and readiness, Spanish NATO Air Policing assets scrambled on March 4 to intercept Russian fighters flying in international airspace in the vicinity of Alliance territory .  NATO radars recorded an unidentified track in international airspace over the…

Aircraft and ships from multiple Allied nations conducted a complex multi-domain mission stretching from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea, on March 3. In the early morning, two French Navy Rafale fighters and an E-2 Hawkeye tactical battle management airborne…

U.S. F-15C/D Eagles assigned to the 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron are deployed to Keflavik Air Base, Iceland, in support of NATO Air Police operations. The United States Air Force assumed full control of NATO’s commitment to the region October 12,…

From September, Italian and German fighter jets will be deployed in Lithuania and Estonia respectively. The detachments with their Eurofighter Typhoon jets will take over from their outgoing Spanish, French and UK colleagues. While Italy will be leading the mission,…

Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets currently deployed in Lithuania have intercepted a Russian Il-20 Coot-A, ISR radar reconnaissance and electronic intelligence aircraft operating over the Baltic Sea. The Il-20M Coot was monitored, as it flew through the Lithuanian Flight…

Spain, France and the United Kingdom will take up NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission starting in May, guarding the skies over the Baltic region for the next four months. The three NATO Allies are replacing air force detachments from Belgium…

RAF Typhoons FGR4 have arrived in Iceland where they will spend the next month protecting the airspace as the UK’s contribution to NATO’s Icelandic Air Policing Mission. The jet fighters from 1(Fighter) Squadron will be stationed at Keflavik Air Base…

For the first time modern 5th generation fighter aircraft will execute NATO’s peacetime Air Policing mission safeguarding Icelandic airspace for three weeks in October. Italy will be the first Ally to deploy six of their F-35 fighter aircraft to Keflavik…

On 11 March, Italian Air Force Eurofighter aircraft arrived at Keflavik Air Base, Iceland, to start their four-week deployment to deliver NATO Airborne Surveillance and Intercept Capabilities to meet Iceland’s Peacetime Preparedness Needs. This is the fourth time, after 2013,…