"Yesterday, two Norwegian F-35s stationed in Poland scrambled in response to a massive number of airborne Russian aircraft," reported NATO Air Command. "This is the first time the Norwegian jets have scrambled in active air defense of Polish Airspace,

Two Norwegian F-35s stationed in Poland were deployed on Wednesday in response to a "massive number of airborne Russian aircraft" entering Polish air space, NATO's air command said on Thursday on social media platform X.

While the Norwegian jets are primarily in Poland to help defend a key logistics hub bringing materiel into Ukraine, rogue Russian missiles and drones have entered Polish airspace several times since the full-scale invasion began.

NATO member Poland scrambled fighter jets after overnight Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine, Warsaw's military said on Wednesday. A spokesperson for the Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces told Newsweek that "intense long-range aviation activity" from Russia had been detected early on Wednesday.

Poland scrambled its military aircraft in response to Russia's massive missile attack on the territory of Ukraine on the morning of Wednesday, 15 January. Source: European Pravda, citing a post by Poland's Ministry of Defence Details: The Polish military stated that "in connection with the attack carried out by the Russian Federation,