Press Release

On Saturday, October 17, two Romanian Air Force F-16 aircraft, performing Air Policing Service, scrambled, from the 86th Borcea Air Base at 5:43 PM, after radar surveillance systems detected a group of aerial targets operating approximately 120 kilometers east of Snake Island, heading to a southwestern direction.

At 5:59 PM, the first target entered the national airspace and was shot down by one of the F-16 aircraft at 6:01 PM.

A second target entered the national airspace at 6:01 PM and was shot down by the other F-16 aircraft at 6:05 PM.

Both aerial targets were identified as drones and were shot down over Romania's territorial waters.

We will provide additional information after the completion of the mission.

The Press Office