German fighter jets join NATO air policing mission in Romania.

Three German Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft landed on Thursday, February 17, at Mihail Kogălniceanu's 57th Air Base (Romania).

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NATO Air Policing is a peacetime mission, which aims to preserve the security of Alliance airspace. It is a collective task and involves the continuous presence – 24 hours a day, 365 days a year – of fighter aircraft and crews, which are ready to react quickly to possible airspace violations (Picture source: Romanian MoD)

The German detachment, consisting of about 60 soldiers (pilots and technical personnel) and Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft, will carry out, together with the soldiers of the Romanian Air Force and the Italian Air Force, missions of enhanced Air Policing under NATO command, in the following 3 weeks.

The German Air Force was also present in Romania, last summer, together with the Royal Air Force of Great Britain, based on the Joint Declaration on the interoperability of Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft for the joint execution of air police missions .

Joint training missions have as their main objective the increase of interoperability between NATO allies, and joint air police missions contribute to the development of responsiveness and deterrence.