Fighter jets based in the East Midlands have been deployed to the Romanian Black Sea coast as part of an operation to protect the country's airspace. Four Typhoons from RAF Coningsby have been sent on the mission, which is supported by 150 RAF personnel, it has been confirmed.
Lincolnshire Live reports the personnel for the Headquarters of an Expeditionary Air Wing (AEW). The mission, known as Air Policing, is a defensive operation and forms part of a permanent NATO mission which started in 1961, at the height of The Cold War.
It protects the security and integrity of all NATO Alliance member's airspaces, which are monitored by operation centres where it is assessed if an interception is required. The name of the mission is Operation Biloxi and it is the fourth time since 2017 that the RAF has conducted it. The deployment is in addition to long-standing continuous missions undertaken by NATO Allies across the Eastern Flank.
