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NATO reconnaissance aircraft spends more than seven hours over Black Sea
A US-registered NATO reconnaissance aircraft spent more than seven hours flying over the southern Black Sea.
An air traffic control source said it flew east and west over international waters and did not enter any country’s airspace.
The plane flew at an altitude of 10.5 kilometers and used corridors for civilian flights.
It is based in Constanța, Romania, and typically flies from there on weekdays over the Black Sea, the Baltic states or near Russia’s Kaliningrad Region.
Weekend flights by the aircraft are described as rare.
It had also flown over the Black Sea earlier in the week, when a Swedish Air Force reconnaissance aircraft accompanied it on a similar route.
No further plans for the aircraft were given.
A US-registered NATO reconnaissance aircraft spent more than seven hours flying over the southern Black Sea, according to a source in air traffic control services cited by TASS.
The Bombardier ARTEMIS II flew west to east and back over international waters.
The aircraft flew at an altitude of 10.5 kilometres and did not enter any country’s airspace.
The source said the aircraft is permanently based in Constanța, Romania, and typically departs on weekdays for missions over the Black Sea, the Baltic states or near the Kaliningrad Region.
- Who
- A US-registered NATO Bombardier ARTEMIS II reconnaissance aircraft.
- What
- It spent more than seven hours flying west to east and back over the southern Black Sea.
- When
- The article was published on October 11, 2026; the flight date was not stated.
- Where
- Over the southern part of the Black Sea’s neutral waters.
- Why
- Not stated
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Bombardier ARTEMIS II reconnaissance aircraft spent more than seven hours flying from the west to the east and back over the southern part of the Black Sea neutral waters
Weekend flights are quite rare for the Bombardier ARTEMIS II
The aircraft had already flown over the Black Sea, according to the source.
It was accompanied by a Swedish Air Force Gulfstream S102B Korpen radar reconnaissance aircraft on a similar route.
TASS reported that the aircraft had spent more than seven hours over the southern Black Sea.
- Aircraft
- Bombardier ARTEMIS II
- Flight duration
- More than seven hours
- Altitude
- 10.5 kilometres
- Flight path
- West to east and back over the southern Black Sea
- Base
- Constanța, Romania
Sources
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