ROMANIAN PRESIDENT VISITS ROYAL AIR
FORCE AIR POLICING AT CONSTANTA
The
President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis has met members of the Royal Air Force 135
Expeditionary Air Wing based in Eastern Romania.
After
speaking with the pilots and ground crew, President Iohannis said : “I’m impressed because in my opinion
everything that is going on here has a very high professional standard and, I’m
most impressed because everybody and I mean absolutely everybody told me all of
you work very well together and this really makes me proud of the teams we have
here.”
The Royal
Air Force has four Typhoon aircraft deployed at Mihail Kogalniceanu for four
months to enhance air policing capability as part of the NATO Assurance
Measures introduced in 2014.
The
President added: “Of course I want to tell you that what you do here is very
important. It is not only important for Romania, it is important for NATO, it
is important obviously for our partners and allies and I think it is very
important for the people in the region because I think it gives them the
feeling of safety and knowing that we are protected is probably the most
important thing nowadays”
The
President witnessed a pair of Typhoons take-off for a training sortie, and saw
how their impressive performance climb capability in gaining altitude makes
them such a potent force when scrambled.
The
President finished his visit by saying:
“Security and safety and certainty are important key words, and your
contribution here is very important. So thank you all.”
One
hundred and forty three personnel from the Royal Air Force, forming 135
Expeditionary Air Wing are based at Mihail Kogalniceanu airbase supporting four
Typhoon aircraft from 3(F) Squadron to enhance the NATO Southern Air Policing
mission led by the Romanian Air Force.
Editor: Flight Lieutenant Cameron Rennie
Images: Cpl Jimmy Wise
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