Spain will send more fighter jets to Romania and Bulgaria “in the coming months” to boost its military presence on NATO’s eastern flank and thus take part in a strategy to deter allies in the face of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the agency said on Saturday. France Press.

EF-18AM Hornet fighter of the Spanish Air ForcePhoto: Malcolm Haines / Alamy / Alamy / Profimedia

Thus, Madrid will send six Eurofighter fighters with 130 soldiers to Bulgaria at the end of November, beginning of December, which will carry out “air police training missions”, according to a press release from the Spanish Ministry of Defense on Saturday.

And from December to the end of March 2023, another “deployment” is planned in Romania with eight F-18M fighters, as well as 130 Air Force personnel.

Also, from October 17 in Romania, at the Skitu base, and until the end of March 2023 (or the end of June 2023), a “long-range air surveillance radar” is being deployed, the message says.

This radar, active 24 hours a day, seven days a week, allows “to control the airspace on NATO’s eastern flank” thanks to the 38 soldiers deployed to work with it.