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NATO prepares the air base in Romania, the largest in Europe

2024-06-25 14:18:40Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

NATO prepares the air base in Romania, the largest in Europe

Mihail Kogalniceanu will be the largest NATO airbase in Europe, larger even than "Ramstein" in Germany. The airbase in the village of Konstanta, Romania, is located 400 km from Crimea, the peninsula annexed by Russia 10 years ago, and 100 km from the Romania-Ukraine border.

The works for its construction have started for months in Europe. It covers 2,800 hectares of land and will serve not only as an air base, but also for the accommodation of over 10,000 NATO soldiers and their families. The NATO project in Romania captures a staggering figure, worth 2.5 billion euros, and includes, in addition to runways and tests, a weapons platform, a hangar for military aircraft, but also schools, kindergartens, shops, and even a hospital.

Everything a NATO base needs, according to the commander of the 57th NATO air base in Romania, Nicolae Crețu, will be found here, and once completed it will be ready for special operations and missions to take place there. secret or military of any kind, for which NATO will need", since it is the base that mostly connects and brings the alliance closer to the Black Sea. Therefore, the selection of Romania is also strategic by NATO.

The MK Air Base will soon host its first F16 training squadron, recently acquired from Norway, as well as MQ-9 drones. Army, air and naval forces from 32 NATO member countries will also arrive in Romania.

NATO needed a base, moreover, of this size in Europe, especially near the Black Sea, where there have been incidents with the Russians. Until today, the base has served America, where military capacities and forces have been deployed since 1999, much earlier than Russia started the war in Ukraine. Leaders of the Romanian Ministry of Defense say that the purpose why official Bucharest decided to expand its military capacities and provide a base to NATO started in 2008 when Russia invaded Georgia and then Crimea in 2014.

Romania has recently acquired several programs focused on the production of short-range missiles and air defense systems, on which it plans to spend up to $2.1 billion. It also received 2 American Patriot systems last year, 4 in total as it is participating in a joint venture for more than 1,000 Patriot PAC-2 Gemt T missiles, part of the European Skies Initiative.

With direct access to the Black Sea and very close to Russian territory, the Romanian air base has served in recent years continuously for NATO air missions, where this year, for example, the Finnish F/A 18 Hornet fighter jets were tested for the first time.


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