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Russian reconnaissance aircraft mostly flew above Baltics last week
NATO fighter jets stationed in the Baltic states as part of the air policing mission performed four scrambles last week to intercept military aircraft of the Russian Federation, flying in the international airspace over the Baltic Sea. […]
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NATO jets in Baltics intercept Russian reconnaissance plane
Hungarian fighter jets JAS-39 Gripen, stationed in Lithuania as part of NATO‘s Baltic air policing mission, were on Monday scrambled from Šiauliai to accompany a Russian reconnaissance plane. […]
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NATO fighter jets scrambled from Lithuania over two Russian planes
Hungary’s JAS-39 Gripen fighter-jets serving in the NATO Baltic air policing mission were scrambled from the Lithuanian Aviation Base in Šiauliai on Tuesday to identify and accompany two Russian war planes. […]
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NATO jets in Baltics perform one scramble to intercept Russian aircraft
Fighter jets stationed in the Baltic states as part of the NATO air policing mission performed one scramble last week to identify and intercept military aircraft of the Russian Federation flying in the international airspace over the Baltic Sea. […]
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NATO jets in Baltics perform 5 scrambles to intercept Russian planes
Last week, NATO fighter jets stationed in the Baltic states as part of NATO’s Baltic air policing mission were scrambled five times to intercept Russian military aircraft flying in the international airspace over the Baltic Sea, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said on Monday. […]
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NATO cut down Baltic mission because jets were not used, Czech general says
The NATO air policing mission in the Baltic states was cut down from September because more than half of the fighter-jets assigned to the mission had been standing idle for the past six months, says the head of the Alliance’s Military Committee General Petr Pavel. […]
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Outgoing Norwegian jets in Lithuania perform scrambles to intercept Russian planes
Outgoing Norwegian fighter jets, which were stationed in Lithuania as part of NATO‘s Baltic air policing missions, were scrambled on Monday, their last day of service, to intercept two Russian planes flying over the Baltic Sea. […]
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Hungary takes its first shift in Baltic air policing mission in Lithuania
Troops of the Hungarian Air Forces are taking over NATO‘s Baltic air-policing mission for the first time, with an official contingent changeover ceremony involving Lithuanian and the Hungarian defence ministers planned at the Lithuanian Aviation Base in Šiauliai on Monday. […]
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NATO fighters perform five scrambles times to intercept Russian planes
NATO air policing fighter jets protecting the Baltic skies were scrambled five times last week to intercept aircraft flying in the international airspace over the Baltic states, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said on Monday. […]
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Opinion
Opinion: Is the West really about to betray Lithuania or Ukraine?
Last Tuesday, NATO decided to reduce the number of fighter jets stationed in the Baltic states as part of the NATO air policing mission. The number of fighter jets is to be cut from 16 down to 8. […]
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Air policing but one aspect of NATO presence in Baltics, Lithuanian minister says
Russia has no reason to interpret the reduction of the number of NATO aircraft in the Baltics as a sign of NATO’s weakness, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says. The Alliance’s attention to the Baltic states has not declined, since patrolling of the Baltic airspace is just one aspect of NATO’s presence in the region, according to him. […]
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Lithuanian president: NATO presence in Baltics still ‘unprecedented’
NATO‘s Baltic air policing mission is being downsized alongside reinforcements in other security elements in the Baltic region and therefore is not significant, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says. […]
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Lithuanian deputy defence minister: Bad time to cut NATO Baltic air policing
Now is a bad time to reduce the number of fighter jets stationed in the Baltic states as part of NATO‘s air policing mission, Lithuania’s Deputy Minister of National Defence Marijus Velička says. […]
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Lithuanian political scientists divided on NATO’s Baltic air policing mission downsize
NATO‘s leadership decided to downsize the Baltic air policing mission in order to make rational use of resources, but Lithuania should not applaud it, as it reduces the Alliance’s visibility, says political scientist Gražvydas Jasutis. Meanwhile his colleague Kęstutis Girnius believes that the reinforcement has already served its purpose of reassuring the Baltic states and the decision makes good sense. […]
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Lithuania’s foreign minister: 8 jets perfectly enough to protect Baltic air space
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has downplayed NATO‘s plans to reduce the air policing mission in the Baltic states, saying that eight fighter-jets are perfectly sufficient for efficient protection of the air-space. In his words, rotations are planned for the coming five years. […]
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Downsize of NATO’s Baltic mission will not compromise security, Lithuanian minister says
NATO‘s decision to downsize the air policing mission by half will not affect the security of the three Baltic states, says Lithuania’s Defence Minister Juozas Olekas. […]
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NATO jets perform five scrambles to intercept Russian planes
NATO fighter jets, stationed in the Lithuanian northern city of Šiauliai as part of the Baltic air policing mission, performed five scrambles last week to intercept Russian military planes over the Baltic Sea. […]