NATO is relocating several of its surveillance planes currently stationed in Germany to Romania, where they will be in closer proximity to Russia's war against Ukraine. The Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) surveillance planes are scheduled to arrive in Bucharest on January 17 "to support the alliance's reinforced presence in the region and monitor Russian military activity," NATO said in a January 13 statement. The AWACS planes, which are usually based near Aachen in western Germany, will be stationed at the Romanian Air Force base at Otopeni, near Bucharest, some 200 kilometers from the EU and NATO country's eastern border with Ukraine, and remain there for several weeks.
NATO To Relocate Reconnaissance Planes To Romania, Nearer To Ukraine
A NATO AWACS plane (file photo)