Türkiye has temporarily deployed an Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft to Lithuania under NATO security measures, the Turkish defence ministry said on Thursday, following a series of Russian drone incursions into allied airspace.

Reports have surfaced across Ukrainian and Russian military-related Telegram channels, claiming that an American AWACS aircraft—a high-tech airborne early warning and control system plane—was recently spotted at Chisinau airport in Moldova. The speculation is that this aircraft will assist American F-16 fighter jets stationed at Romanian airbases. The reason? The radars on these older F-16s are considered outdated compared to Russia's more modern systems, and AWACS is needed to bridge this gap. Moldovan political analyst Boris Shapovalov brought attention to the issue on social media .

NATO has again deployed Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft to airspace over Poland to monitor the skies over Ukraine, News.Az reports citing the UK Defence Journal.