AIRCRAFT – AWACS NATO airborne radar systems landed in Romania. Specializing in air surveillance, the systems are deployed to Romania in the context of strengthening Allied defense capabilities in the Black Sea region. Since the invasion of Ukraine, AWACS aircraft carried out periodic patrols in eastern Europe and in the Baltic Sea region to identify Russian aircraft closing in on NATO borders. Three such aircraft will be deployed to the Otopeni air base, together with a unit made up of 180 NATO servicemen and pilots. The mission is scheduled to take several weeks. The aircraft are not equipped with any weapons, but are fitted with electronic surveillance equipment. AWACS aircraft have a detection range of 400 kilometers over a 360-degree coverage at high altitudes.
