Fighter jets scrambled again in Romania over aerial target near Ukraine border
Spanish F-18 fighter jets on combat duty in Romania were scrambled overnight on October 5 after an aerial target was detected near the border with Ukraine.
An unidentified aerial target was detected overnight on October 5 near Romania's border with Ukraine, according to a report by Ukrainska Pravda.
In response, Spanish F-18 fighter jets currently stationed in Romania on combat air patrol duty were scrambled into the sky. The jets took off after suspicious activity was registered close to the national border with Ukraine.
No further details have been released about the nature of the detected object or how the situation developed afterward.
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Spain's combat aircraft are deployed in Romania as part of NATO efforts to secure the airspace of Eastern European allies amid Russia's ongoing war against Ukraine. In recent months, there have been repeated reports of fighter jets being scrambled in NATO member states along the Ukrainian border in response to unidentified aerial objects or drones linked to Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory.
