Air superiority is becoming increasingly important after the September 11 attacks, security criteria for civil aviation have been increased and air forces have become a part of the monitoring and implementation process in order to prevent a similar problem, when…

In 2023, NATO air forces across Europe scrambled well over 300 times to intercept Russian military aircraft approaching Alliance airspace, with most intercepts occurring over the Baltic Sea. NATO has standing air-policing missions that calls for Allied jets to scramble…

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…

On May 20, the NATO Tiger Meet 2022 (NTM22) was completed, which had started on May 9, at Araxos, Greece, home of the hosting 335 Squadron "Tiger" of the Hellenic Air Force. This was the first Tiger Meet on Hellenic…

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…

Within the framework of the NATO Final Lifetime Extension Programme (FLEP), Leonardo has been contracted by Boeing – as prime contractor for NAPMA (NATO AEWC Program Management Agency) – to upgrade the first NATO E-3A aircraft with the latest hardware.…

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…

NATO's fleet of new AGS aircraft are now ready for missions. On 15 February 2021, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, General Tod Wolters, announced NATO's Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) system has achieved Initial Operating Capability (IOC), marking a major milestone for…

Airmen and F-15s from the 48th Fighter Wing participated in Exercise Point Blank 20-4, Sep. 10, with other U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa units, as well as the Royal Air Force, Royal Netherlands Air Force, and…

Boeing delivered the final Airborne Warning and Control System AWACS aircraft modernized with avionics and a digital cockpit to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization - NATO in Manching, Germany. This delivery is the final of 14 and ensures NATO AWACS…

The Tactical Leadership Program (TLP) is a center of excellence for the advanced training of military combat pilots. It was born as a multinational organization in Germany in 1978, under the auspices of NATO, given that there were seven nations…

From April 8 to 20, Leeuwarden Air Base in the north of the Netherlands will be the venue for the international live-fly fighter Exercise Frisian Flag 2018. More than 70 military aircraft from Dutch Host Nation as well as France,…