| Date | 13 Mar 2026 |
| Tracker | European Airspace Violations |
| Type | Incursion |
| Location |
Pardina, Tulcea County, Romania
45.31, 28.96 (approximate) |
A resident of Pardina filmed a Russian drone flying low over the village. An alert had been issued beforehand for the Chilia Veche–Vylkove stretch of the Romanian-Ukrainian border warning of a high probability of drone impacts on Romanian territory. Two Romanian F-16s and then two German Eurofighters were scrambled to monitor the airspace.
| Date | Type | Incident |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Mar 2026 | Incursion | Russian Geran-2 falls near Tudora, Moldova |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Incursion | Russian Su-30 violates Estonian airspace over the Gulf of Finland |
| 21 Mar 2026 | Incursion | Five balloons found along Poland eastern border |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Incursion | Ukrainian drone crashes into frozen lake in Lithuania |
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.
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