Dutch Jets Scramble After Drone Detected in Airspace

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The Netherlands has lifted two F-35 fighter jets into the sky after reports of the detection of an unknown drone in the country's airspace.

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The two Dutch fighter jets that responded this morning to an alarm about an unknown object have returned to Volkel Air Base. It turned out to be a drone, which posed no immediate threat and has since left Dutch airspace, the Ministry of Defence reports. The origin of the drone is unclear. The drone had not identified itself to air traffic control via radio or a transponder. Air traffic was not disrupted, the Ministry of Defence adds. The deploym…

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A drone was the reason the Royal Netherlands Air Force launched two fighter jets from the military airbase in Volkel on Sunday morning. The drone left the airspace and posed no immediate threat, according to the Ministry of Defense. The F-35s have returned to the airbase.

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Two fighter jets took off from Volkel Air Base in East Brabant on Sunday after a so-called QRA alert, an alert issued to protect the airspace from unidentified aircraft.

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The drone left the airspace again and posed no immediate threat, the Ministry of Defense reported Sunday afternoon.