| Date | 14 Jun 2024 |
| Tracker | European Airspace Violations |
| Type | Interception |
| Location |
Gotland, Sweden
57.47, 18.49 (approximate) |
A Russian Su-24 crossed into Swedish airspace east of the southern tip of Gotland on a Friday evening. Two Swedish Air Force pilots called the aircraft on the radio and warned it off, receiving no reply. Two JAS 39 Gripens then intercepted the bomber and escorted it out. Sweden had joined NATO three months earlier, making this one of the first violations of its airspace as an alliance member.
| Date | Type | Incident |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Mar 2024 | Incursion | Russian cruise missile violates Polish airspace for 39 seconds |
| 17 Apr 2024 | Interception | Three drones brought down near Mihail Kogălniceanu air base |
| 24 Jul 2024 | Incursion | Three Geran-2 drones enter Romanian airspace over two nights |
| 7 Sep 2024 | Incursion | Russian drone crashes in Rēzekne Municipality after crossing Belarus |
GlobalMilitary.net's 2026 inventory snapshot shows nine NATO members — Iceland, Luxembourg, the three Baltic states, Montenegro, Albania, North Macedonia and Slovenia — hold no fixed-wing fighters, attack aircraft or bombers and depend on Allied air policing.
GlobalMilitary.net's incident log counts 45 established violations of European airspace between January 1 and August 16, 2026, against 31 for the whole of 2025 - and almost all of the growth sits in incidents that ended with a shootdown or an explosion on the ground.
An Italian Eurofighter on NATO Baltic Air Policing duty destroyed an unidentified drone over eastern Latvia before dawn on 14 August, the second time the alliance's quick-reaction force has shot one down over the country this year.