In Romania, an F-16 fighter shot down a drone that entered the country's airspace - EUROPE SAYS
In Romania, an F-16 fighter jet shot down a drone that entered the country’s airspace, the country’s President Nicușor Dan announced on social media on Thursday. This morning, around 11:00, a Romanian pilot in. . .
In Romania, an F-16 fighter jet shot down a drone that entered the country’s airspace, the country’s President Nicușor Dan announced on social media on Thursday. This morning, around 11:00, a Romanian pilot in an F-16 aircraft shot down a drone that entered our country’s airspace– wrote Nicușor Dan. According to him, “the area was uninhabited, so the pilot was able to fire without any risk. ”“Currently, teams from the relevant institutions are investigating the area to determine all the details of the incident,” the President of Romania stated. Romania’s Ministry of Defense clarified: “On Friday, July 24, an F-16 aircraft of the Romanian Air Force from the 86th Air Base in Fetești, while performing a mission to observe and track a drone that entered the national airspace, struck an aerial target with a missile and shot it down over an uninhabited area near the town of Padina, Buzău County. ”“The radar surveillance system of the Ministry of National Defense detected on Friday, July 24, at 09:39 an aerial target at a distance of approximately 20 km east of Sulina, which entered the national airspace, on the route Sulina-Brăila-Fetești-Buzău. Two Eurofighter Typhoon fighters of the Italian Air Force from the 57th Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base and two F-16 fighters of the Romanian Air Force from the 86th Air Base in Fetești, belonging to the Air Police Combat Service, took off at 09:48 and 10:56 respectively to monitor the situation,” the Romanian Ministry of Defense stated. As indicated, there was a population alert in Tulcea and Brăila counties – RO-Alert messages were sent. “At 11:02, the Romanian Air Force F-16 aircraft struck the target and shot it down,” the Romanian Ministry of Defense noted. The enemy attacked Odesa, a casualty is reported24. 07. 26, 11:44 • 480 views