Overview
- Several jets departed Fliegerhorst Nörvenich for the Polish air base at Malbork, about 60 kilometers southeast of Gdańsk and roughly 80 kilometers from Kaliningrad.
- About 150 personnel are part of the rotation, including pilots, technicians, logisticians, security forces and military police.
- The deployment follows an October pledge by Defense Minister Boris Pistorius to respond to cross-border drone incidents in Poland and Russian fighter violations over the Baltic region.
- The mission is described as temporary and is initially scheduled to run through March.
- Luftwaffe leaders say the operation supplements a quick reaction alert detachment stationed in Romania since August.