NАТО, at the request of Poland, will tighten the patrolling of airspace during EURO 2012 with the help of the Airborne Warning & Control System (AWACS), NATO's press service has told an UKRINFORM correspondent.
"NATO's 'Eye in the Sky,' the AWACS (Airborne Warning & Control System), will be playing an important role in the security of the European teams' competition over the next three weeks. Poland, as co-host of the competition along with Ukraine, is the latest NATO member to make such a request," reads the statement.
NATO also recalled that other high-visibility events to which the AWACS have been called in include the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Greece, the 2004 European Football Championship in Portugal, and the 2006 World Cup Football Championship in Germany, as well as important meetings held by other international organizations.
As reported, NATO and Ukraine agreed to introduce a special regime of air situation data exchange at the time of EURO 2012.
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