The German Air Force, deployed to Romania, are helping to secure NATO’s eastern flank skies as part of NATO’s enhanced Air Policing mission.
German Eurofighter Typhoons arrived in August 2025 at Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base to begin their rotation. Under the enhanced Air Policing mission, the fighters and their pilots stand a 24-hour watch, ready to launch within 15 minutes of alert.
Air Policing is a peacetime activity intended to preserve the safety and security of Allied airspace. NATO air traffic controllers may order an interception if they detect an unknown aircraft skirting by or entering Allied airspace. Often, this is a civilian aircraft with a faulty transponder or broken communications equipment. Often, however, Russian...
