NATO Conducts ‘Find, Fix, Track, Target’ Exercise Over Poland
U.S. F-35s and a KC-135 Stratotanker participate in the aerial drill with NATO’s E-3A surveillance aircraft.
U.S. F-35s and a KC-135 Stratotanker participate in the aerial drill with NATO’s E-3A surveillance aircraft.
Most of the intercepts reported in 2023 were over the Baltic Sea, according to NATO.
The aircraft assigned to the 52nd Fighter Wing at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, will conduct air policing missions of NATO’s eastern flank.
Poland’s military will buy 96 Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopters as replacements for its aging fleet of Mi-24 helicopters, defense officials announced this week.
Fighter jets departing from a NATO base in Germany into Ukrainian airspace contested by Russia “raises serious concerns for the entire NATO alliance,” a Pentagon spokesperson said.
Discussions of resupplying Ukraine’s air defenses come as Russia’s quest for air superiority lags amid reported air force losses.