Drone briefly enters Romanian airspace on fourth consecutive day of incursions

27 July 2026 Another drone briefly entered Romanian airspace on Monday morning, July 27, before flying to Ukraine, prompting the Romanian Air Force to scramble two F-16 fighter jets and authorities to issue a RO-Alert warning to residents in Tulcea County. Unlike the previous three incidents, the drone was not shot down. The Ministry of National Defense said its radar surveillance system detected the aerial target east of Sulina. Two F-16 fighter jets from the 86th Air Base in Borcea took off at 8:53 a.m. to monitor the situation, while the National Military Command Centre instructed the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations to send a RO-Alert message to residents in Tulcea County at 8:47 a.m. “The target briefly entered Romanian airspace before crossing the border and heading towa