Germany Pistorius sends fighter jets to Poland for NATO protection flights

SDA

15.10.2025 - 13:32

ARCHIVE - A Eurofighter Typhoon fighter aircraft of the German Air Force drives over the tarmac at Wittmundhafen Air Base. Photo: Hauke-Christian Dittrich/dpa
ARCHIVE - A Eurofighter Typhoon fighter aircraft of the German Air Force drives over the tarmac at Wittmundhafen Air Base. Photo: Hauke-Christian Dittrich/dpa
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Germany will station Eurofighter fighter jets at the Polish military airfield in Malbork to protect NATO's eastern flank. "We will contribute to the protection of the eastern flank with patrol flights," said Federal Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius on the sidelines of a NATO defence ministers' meeting in Brussels.

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