Their role is to strenghten the deterrence posture on the northeastern flank of NATO airspace as well as to ensure the integrity and security of the Polish airspace and of all the countries of the Alliance, while maintaining a strategic flexibility to quickly intervene in other areas, should the need arise.The operational activity, which takes place on a daily basis often sees the Italian Typhoon carry out joint activity with the MiG-29 aircraft of the Polish Air Force also based at Malbork.The first images of the “zombies” were released by the Aeronautica Militare on Sept. 22, 2022 and showed a Su-24 Fencer, but among the Russian aircraft shadowed by the Italian Typhoons over the last few weeks there are also Su-27s, Su-30s and some Il-20 spyplanes.Finally, an image of a zombie has been released: Russian Su-24M with KH-25ML missile intercepted over the Baltic Sea.Interestingly, among all the other things, you can also see the Italians shadowing at least one Russian Navy Su-24M Fencer flying quite close to U.S. Navy Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) in the Baltic Sea."