Dutch F-35 fighter jets landed in Poland today and will, from Sunday, safeguard NATO airspace over Eastern Europe for three months together with Norwegian aircraft.
A group of 12 NATO member states within the NATO SeaSparrow Project Office (NSPO) has prepared a document outlining plans to develop a next-generation surface-to-air missile.
British and Polish flight engineers successfully fast-refueled Swedish JAS 39 Gripen fighter aircraft during NATO air operations in Poland.
The U.S. State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) of AIM-9X Sidewinder Missiles and related equipment.
On Wednesday, 27 August, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte visited Rheinmetall’s artillery plant in Unterlüß, Germany, the company’s largest production facility and a cornerstone of Europe’s defence industry.
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A Rafale fighter jet of the French Air and Space Force has been shown locking on to a US F-35A Lightning II and “scoring a kill” during NATO’s multinational Exercise Atlantic Trident 25 in Finland.
Satellite photographs reveal that Russia is constructing a 1.6 kilometre antenna array in the Kaliningrad region, around 25 kilometres from the Polish border (54°33'49"N, 21°49'43"E).
The Swedish Government has instructed the Armed Forces to offer NATO the opportunity to open a logistics headquarters in Sweden.
Three U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers from the 345th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron deployed to Ørland, Norway, on 12 August 2025 in support of Bomber Task Force Europe.
The Netherlands will send two Patriot air defence systems and around 300 troops to Poland from 1 December until 1 June next year.
The Belgian detachment includes four F-16 fighters and around 100 supporting personnel, who will remain on Quick Reaction Alert in Iceland until mid-September 2025.
“The security of the Baltic States and NATO's Eastern flank is the cornerstone of the security of the entire Euro-Atlantic region,” said Latvian Minister of Defence Andris Sprūds.
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