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    Second drone shot down in less than 24h by same Ro F16 pilot over Romania

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    3. Andreioh on

      This time it was shot down in the Danube Delta, 10km west of Sfantu Gheorghe instead of letting it travel 200km inland, that’s commendable progress.

    5. dsanft on

      Unbelievable that they were just letting these drones into NATO airspace and pretending it was nbd for the longest time.

    6. Itburns12345 on

      A romanian top gun?

      Maverickski you do not have the permission to do the fly by.

    9. dat_9600gt_user on

      A new drone was shot down by a Romanian pilot on Saturday morning, around 11 a.m., announced the President of Romania, Nicușor Dan.

      “This morning, at 8:30 a.m., a new drone was shot down in Romanian airspace, 10 km west of Sfântu Gheorghe (Delta). The drone was shot down by a Romanian pilot from an F-16 plane,” Nicușor Dan said in a post on his **Facebook page.**

      **UPDATE, 9.23 a.m.**

      The same pilot who shot down the drone on Friday was the one who fired at the drone that crashed on Saturday, near Sfântu Gheorghe, MAPN announces.

      “This morning, at 08:22, the same Romanian pilot, at the helm of the same F-16 fighter aircraft of the Romanian Air Force, helped by the same colleague, shot down a second drone that entered Romania’s airspace,” the ministry said on its official Facebook page.

      **UPDATE, 9.20 a.m.**

      The Ministry of Defense announces that at 08:22, radar surveillance systems detected a new unauthorized entry into the national airspace of a drone that was evolving in the border area with Ukraine and that it was shot down safely in an unpopulated area near the border.

      “Two F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft of the Romanian Air Force, in the Air Police combat service, intercepted the air target and executed the standard identification and neutralization procedures. The drone was safely shot down in an unpopulated area near the border. MApN teams are to travel to the impact area for checks. The Ministry of National Defense permanently monitors the situation in the airspace and is in close contact with allied structures,” the MAPN announces.

      **UPDATE, 9.12 a.m.**

      The acting Minister of Defense, Radu Miruță, claims that the drone was shot down 12 minutes after entering Romania’s airspace.

      “Another drone illegally entered Romanian airspace was shot down by the Romanian military this morning, at 8:34 a.m., 9.6 km west of Sfântu Gheorghe. The drone was observed by MApN radars entering our airspace at 8:22 a.m. and was hit a few minutes later by a Romanian F-16 fighter jet,” the minister said on his Facebook page.

      **Original article:**

      We remind you that on Friday, July 24, the MApN’s radar surveillance system detected, at 09:39, a drone flying at a distance of about 20 km east of Sulina.

      Two Eurofighter Typhoon fighter aircraft of the Italian Air Force from the 57th Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base and two F-16 fighter aircraft of the Romanian Air Force from the 86th Borcea Air Base, located in the Air Police Combat Service, took off at 09.48 and 10.56, respectively, to monitor the situation.

      At 11:02 a.m., one of the two aircraft of the Romanian Air Force engaged the target and shot it down in the area of Padina, in Buzau County.

    10. Moddry89 on

      i hope they’re not using AIM-9X sidewinders (around a million each) to shoot down Geran drones.

    12. mariusherea on

      Infinite glory glitch. Have a friend buy drones and launch them when it’s your shit so you make glory points:) yes, ofc I’m kidding

    14. Frequent_Can117 on

      What else is it going to take for the rest of the EU and say enough is enough and help out in Ukraine physically?

      These incursions are to test EU/ NATO response before the Russians try something bold.