Russia is increasingly harassing NATO aircraft near Polish air space, reinforcing the need for both Polish and NATO air policing
Highlights
- Polish Air Force official: Russia is increasingly harassing NATO aircraft near Polish air space.
- Russian Su-35s, Su-27s, and MiG-29s from Belarus have approached air space multiple times since Ukraine invasion.
- Poland has taken on tremendous risk, hosting 10,500 allied troops in addition to 24/7 air patrol and surveillance.
- Poland also has a border with Ukraine to its southeast, but Russian jets battling Ukraine have yet to venture so close to NATO airspace.
- U.S.
- Air Force fighters patrol Poland’s skies alongside Poland, plugging into a complex network of American, Polish, and NATO systems under NATO Air Command.