Press Release

On the night of October 14 to 15, the radar surveillance system of the Ministry of National Defence detected a group of aerial targets near the Snake Island.

Two F-18 aircraft of the Spanish Air and Space Force, currently performing Enhanced Air Policing Service, were scrambled from the 57th Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base.

At 01:34, a drone was detected for approximately one minute in the national airspace, southeast of Sulina, above Romania's territorial waters, after which it disappeared from the radar.

Subsequently, following the detection of other aerial targets approximately 77 km east of Snake Island, two Romanian Air Force F-16 aircraft were scrambled from the 86th Air Base in Fetești.

The National Military Command Centre notified the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations to implement population alert measures in the northern and eastern parts of Tulcea County, and a RO-Alert message was issued at 04:57.

No other incursions into the national airspace were reported.

The air alert ended at 05:46.

The Press Office