NATO, Putin and fighter jets
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NATO fighter jets were scrambled overnight after Russia launched a fresh wave of drone and missile strikes on Ukraine in a 10-hour blitz. Kyiv also unleashed chaos in Russia by launching its own
Russia unleashed its most intense attack on Ukraine since the beginning of its invasion Tuesday night – as experts warn the latest launch, prompting NATO jets to scramble into Polish airspace, is evidence of Moscow’s ramped-up lethal drone production.
"NATO has standing air-policing missions that calls for Allied jets to scramble when there are signs of Russian military planes approaching Allied airspace in unpredictable ways," NATO said in a ...
The Kremlin said on Friday that Estonia's stated readiness to host NATO allies' U.S.-made F-35A stealth jets, capable of carrying nuclear weapons, posed a direct threat to Moscow.
F or the second time in a week, NATO member Poland has scrambled its aircraft in response to a widespread Russian attack on Ukraine. The Polish Ministry of Defense announced the operation overnight on Friday, which coincided with drones and missile strikes Russia launched against Ukraine's cities.
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Spain defends the Northern border of NATO for the first time with six fighter jets in IcelandThe mission will monitor aircraft operating without a flight plan for a month. A total of 44 airmen from the Spanish Air and Space Force are in Iceland to prepare for the defense mission of NATO's Northern border in which Spain will participate.