Romania Scrambles Fighter Jets over Airspace Breach
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) – Romania launched fighter jets for the second time this week early Saturday after an unidentified object breached its airspace along the Black Sea, the Defense Ministry said. The ministry said in a statement that the small object was spotted over the Black Sea at around 2:30 a.m., traveling toward Romania, a […]
Japanese fighter jets fire flares at Russian aircraft for first time in airspace violation | Japan
Japan said its fighter jets had used flares for the first time to warn a Russian surveillance plane to leave Japanese airspace, the Defense Ministry in Tokyo said, amid rising tensions over growing military cooperation between Russia and China in the region. Japan's Defense Minister, Minoru Kihara, said an undisclosed number of F-15 and F-35 […]
Romania and Latvia confirm incursions by Russian drones into NATO airspace
NATO members Latvia and Romania said a Russian drone had violated their airspace over the weekend, potentially escalating tensions between Russia and the NATO military alliance. The Latvian government said Sunday that a Russian drone had crashed in the country's eastern airspace the previous day, likely coming in from Belarus. Meanwhile, Romania's foreign ministry said […]
NATO Member Romania Says Russian Drone Violated Its Airspace
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian drone violated Romanian airspace during a nighttime attack on neighboring Ukraine, a NATO allied country reported Sunday, urging Moscow to stop escalating the situation. The Romanian Defense Ministry said the incident occurred across the Danube in Ukraine, when Russia “targeted civilians and attacked port infrastructure.” Romania has sent F-16 […]
Will a single European airspace cure air traffic control woes – and cut CO2? | Airline industry
debtOr the air traffic control services that govern Europe’s skies, which have repeatedly emerged as a target of predictable frustration for airlines struggling to balance their stated goals of reducing carbon emissions with carrying ever more passengers and making billions of dollars in profits. Annoyance over years of strikes in Europe that upended peak-season schedules […]
Egypt asks its airlines to avoid Iran airspace for three hours on Thursday
Amid rising tensions between Israel and Iran, Egypt instructed all its airlines to avoid Iranian airspace for three hours early on Thursday. A NOTAM, a safety notice distributed to pilots on Wednesday, said the instructions were in effect between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m. GMT. No further details were given about why the notice was […]
Chinese And Russian Planes Intercepted Near Sovereign Alaskan Airspace
U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets flying in formation (Photo: Ezra Acayan/Getty Images) By Blake Wolf, OAN StaffThursday, July 25, 2024, 10:30 a.m. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) issued a press release on Wednesday detailing the detection and interception of two Chinese and two Russian bombers within the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone […]
Taiwan Reports Single-Day Record of Chinese Warplanes in Its Airspace
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense said on Thursday it had spotted 66 Chinese military aircraft and seven Chinese naval vessels circling the island in the past 24 hours, marking China’s largest incursion into Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) in 2024. Taiwanese officials said 56 Chinese planes crossed the median line in the Taiwan Strait, […]