A dark, low-flying jet skimming the edge of NATO airspace is not an unusual sight over the Baltic Sea—but this one was different. Painted black with red stripes and nicknamed the “Black Pearl” by Western observers,

NATO was forced to scramble fighter jets after the Russian forces overnight launched one of the biggest attacks in the war on Ukraine. Moscow bombed the country with 653 drones and 53 hypersonic

NATO said the exercise aimed to demonstrate the alliance's strength, seamless interoperability and credible deterrence at sea.

NATO fighter jets have intercepted a slew of Russian military aircraft flying with their transponders off near the Polish airspace. Authorities said they intercepted the Russian aircraft that were

Romanian and German NATO jets were scrambled after drones penetrated more than 100 km into Romania, marking the deepest airspace breach since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Business Insider went aboard a Royal Air Force Voyager tanker to watch it refuel NATO fighter jets operating over Eastern Europe.

NATO jets intercepted a unique Russian Tupolev Tu-134 aircraft—nicknamed “Black Pearl” by Western security experts—over the Baltics earlier this month.