Turkish and Polish Air Forces Conduct Combined Flying Drills

MALBORK, Poland – Turkish F-16 fighter aircraft currently conducting NATO’s enhanced Air Policing in Malbork, Poland, conducted aerial manoeuvres with a Polish Air Force C-295M Casa transport aircraft on August 26 to fine-tune their skills and honing their capabilities through Allied cooperation.

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Since mid-August four Turkish F-16 fighters have been deployed at Malbork demonstrating NATO cohesion and integration with the Polish Air Force MiG-29 fighters at the base.

“Team Malbork has an excellent track record of contributing to NATO’s Air Policing. Since 2014, we have hosted Allied fighter detachments from France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal and now Turkey supporting NATO Assurance Measures in the region,” said Lieutenant Colonel Jerzy Goleniowski, Deputy Base Commander at Malbork. “Polish MiG-29 from Malbork were deployed to the Baltic Air Policing mission in Lithuania….”