Borcea
- Jul 29
Romania promotes 10 air force soldiers after drone interceptions in Romania and Lithuania
Three officers and seven master sergeants were advanced in rank at a ceremony at Borcea Air Base on 29 July 2026, recognised for direct involvement in national and allied air-policing missions.
- Jul 29
Romania scrambles F-16s after drone group detected near Ukraine border
Two F-16s took off from Borcea Air Base after radar detected aerial targets near the Danube border with Ukraine on Wednesday morning; no airspace violation occurred.
- Jul 24
Russian drones detected 33 km from Romanian border; RO-Alert issued in Tulcea, helicopter scrambled
Romanian radar picked up a group of aerial targets at 00:10 on 24 July, about 33 km north of the Danube border, following Russian strikes on Ukraine. An IAR-330 Puma helicopter took off and a RO-Alert warned Tulcea residents to shelter.
- Jun 21
British Eurofighters scramble as Russian drone strikes near Romanian border trigger RO-Alert in Tulcea
During the night of 20 to 21 June, Russian forces launched drone strikes on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine close to the Romanian river border, prompting a RO-Alert in northern Tulcea county and the scramble of two British Eurofighter Typhoons.
