Turkish Air Force fighters on alert due to attack on Ukrainian ports
F-16 fighter jets from the Turkish Air Force of the NATO mission in Romania took to the air during the Russian attack on Ukraine’s port infrastructure on the Danube on the night of February 9-10.
This is stated in the message of the Romanian Ministry of Defense.
“The Ministry of National Defense monitored the situation in the border area and activated Air Police procedures, notifying the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations at 00.26 of areas in Tulcea that could be affected by the risks associated with this situation, and later, at 00.48 for Reni,” the statement said.
At about 01:15 am, F-16 fighters of the Turkish Air Force took off from the 86th air base in Fethiye to monitor the airspace.
In addition, two F-16 fighter jets of the Romanian Air Force were on standby for deployment. No violations of Romanian airspace were reported during the attacks.
The Romanian Ministry of National Defense strongly condemns the attacks carried out by Russia on civilian infrastructure in Ukrainian Danube ports.
“These attacks are unjustified and seriously contradict the norms of international humanitarian law,” the Romanian Defense Ministry emphasizes.
In December 2023, Militarny reported that a Russian drone had crashed in Romania.
At that time, F-16 aircraft of the Romanian Air Force from the 86th Fătăști Air Base and Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft of the German Air Force from the 57th Mihail Kogălnicănu Air Base were monitoring the national airspace.
The Romanian Armed Forces surveillance radar indicated a potential unauthorized violation of national airspace by detecting a low-altitude signal on one of the routes leading to the Grind district of Tulcea region.
Based on this information, mixed teams from the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Internal Affairs went to the area and reported in the morning that a 1.5-meter-deep crater had formed as a result of the drone crash.
