Norway’s 332nd Squadron from Ørland Air Base has been stationed in the Polish city of Poznań as part of a NATO mission to safeguard allied airspace.
This was reported by TV2 on October 3.
Two Norwegian F-35 fighter jets arrived on October 2, with the deployment set to expand to four aircraft in the coming days. Soldiers and technical specialists from the Norwegian Guard are also on site to support the mission.
The Norwegian F-35s are engaged in a complex NATO operation aimed at defending the skies over both Poland and the wider Alliance.
At the same time, the Royal Netherlands Air Force has recorded the first confirmed combat kill of its F-35A fighter jet against a Russian drone. The aircraft involved, tail number F-027, belongs to the 313th Squadron.
The Dutch Ministry of Defense unveiled a photo of the jet on September 30. A user on X, posting under the handle Jeff21461, pointed to an official image showing the aircraft marked with a “kill mark”—a symbol painted on the fuselage to indicate the downing of an enemy target. This marks the first confirmed destruction of a Russian drone by a NATO-operated fifth-generation F-35 fighter.
According to the Ministry of Defense, Dutch F-35 fighters will remain in Poland from September 1 to December 1 as part of NATO’s collective defense mission. Dutch pilots have already taken part in several combat operations during this deployment, including live engagements in which Russian drones were shot down.
Earlier, Poland called on its citizens to immediately leave Belarus and refrain from traveling there after Minsk detained a Polish national on espionage charges during the Zapad-2025 Russian-Belarusian military drills.
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