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When looking at the casualties of the current Ukraine Conflict you have to even look beyond of the borders of the Ukraine.

As sen at the "Romanian Insider" the story by  Andrei Chirileasa March 2, 2022. The tip from Freeper. 

1. "Five dead as Romanian MIG aircraft disappears in mission and helicopter sent to find it crashes"

"A MIG 21 Lancer fighter belonging to the Romanian Air Forces lost contact with the control tower and went off the radar while performing an air patrol mission in Dobrogea, south-eastern Romania, on Wednesday evening, March 2"

Romanian jet fighter warplane on routine [?] mission disappears. Search and Rescue [SAR] helicopter also crashes with additional loss of life.

MiG-2 Lancer an improved version of the Fishbed [NATO code name] Warsaw Pact warplane. Israeli Elbit designed improved cockpit with additional advanced avionic added. The ancient and venerable but still potent Fishbed still has a long life-expectancy.

During this time of crisis Romanian air space and the domination of same vital to NATO?

2. "Italy doubles its fleet of Typhoon jet fighters in Romania to eight".

"The Italian Air Force has increased by four its fleet of Eurofighter Typhoon jet fighters deployed in Romania, at the 57th Air Base from Mihail Kogălniceanu, the Romanian Ministry of National Defense (MApN) announced. The first four aircraft arrived last December."

See previous blog entry the air policing Romanian mission of NATO apparently taken very serious. It had better be.

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2022/02/air-police.html

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