Royal Air Force Typhoons Arrive in Romania to Conduct NATO Enhanced Air Policing

Four Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft of the British Royal Air Force (RAF) landed on Wednesday, March 30, at the 57th Air Base from Mihail Kogălniceanu in Constanța County, according to the Romanian Ministry of Defense.

The British detachment, consisting of about 150 soldiers (pilots and technical personnel) and Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft, will carry out, together with the Romanian Air Force soldiers, enhanced Air Policing missions under NATO command, in the next four months.

This is Mihail Kogălniceanu’s fourth rotation of the British Royal Air Force, after those executed in 2017, 2018 and 2021.

The air police missions carried out jointly since 2017 and planned in the year before the deployment of the detachments, contribute to the development of the reaction and deterrence capacity, as well as to the consolidation of the interoperability between the Romanian Air Force and the allies.