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Austria scrambles fighters to intercept US Air Force aircraft twice in 2 days

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John Vandiver

Stars and Stripes • May 13, 2026

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A U.S. Air Force U-28A Draco, assigned to Air Force Special Operations Command, sits on the flightline at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., on July 23, 2025. Air Force Special Operations Command’s fleet includes the U-28A. (Thomas Hansford/U.S. Air Force)

STUTTGART, Germany — Austria scrambled fighter planes on back-to back days to intercept U.S. Air Force reconnaissance aircraft traveling through its airspace, the country’s defense ministry said this week.

The intercepts involved Austrian Eurofighters tracking down PC-12 U.S. Air Force planes, Austrian defense ministry spokesman Michael Bauer said in a Tuesday statement on X. The incidents occurred Sunday and Monday, he said.