Romania’s minister of defense, Angel Tîlvăr, announced, following the meeting with Kajsa Ollongren, the minister of defense of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, that six more Dutch F-16 aircraft will arrive at the European F-16 Training Center in Romania in the coming months.

The deployment of three unmanned MQ-9 Reaper aircraft in Romania during 2024 was another topic on the discussion agenda.

"Six more Dutch F-16 aircraft will arrive at the European F-16 Training Center in Romania in the coming months. I thanked Mrs. Kajsa Ollongren, the minister of defense of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, with whom I had a meeting on the sidelines of the Security Conference in Munich, for the Hague Government's decision to contribute substantially by deploying troops and high-performance military equipment in Romania, including F-16 aircraft, to strengthening the defense of NATO's eastern flank and, in particular, the Black Sea region," Tîlvăr wrote on Facebook.

The European Training Center for F-16 fighter aircraft was inaugurated at the Fetești Air Base in Romania in November 2023.

iulian@romania-insider.com

(Photo source: Kajsa Ollongren on X)