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Norway and Italy to take over Baltic air policing mission in Lithuania
Norway will take over the NATO air policing mission in the Baltic states in May, while the Italian contingent will stay in Šiauliai, Lithuania, for the second shift to reinforce the mission. […]
Defence
Defence
NATO fighter jets raised from Lithuania over Russian transport plane
NATO air policing jets were Tuesday scrambled from Šiauliai, northern Lithuania, to accompany a Russian transport airplane. […]
Defence
NATO jets in Lithuania alerted by Russian fighter-jet
Fighter-jets of the NATO air policing mission in Šiauliai, northern Lithuania, were scrambled on Monday to identify and accompany a Russian jet that was flying with its transponder switched off. […]
Defence
Russia’s militarization of Kaliningrad – sign of forthcoming military stand-off?
Media around the world are increasingly focusing on Kaliningrad as the possible next site of Russian-Western confrontation, as Moscow keeps dispatching military equipment to its enclave squeezed between Lithuania and Poland. […]
Defence
NATO fighter jets scrambled from Lithuania over Russian transport plane
NATO fighter-jets guarding the Baltic skies from Šiauliai, Lithuania, were scrambled on Thursday evening to accompany a Russian transport airplane that was flying without a flight plan. […]
Foreign affairs
Defence
Portuguese scouts in Lithuania for combined training
On 31 March, soldiers of the Portuguese Armed Forces arrived in Lithuania for combined training as part of NATO reassurance measures in the Baltic region, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence reports. […]
Defence
Lithuanian foreign minister: NATO air policing mission contributes to Alliance’s overall security
The NATO air policing mission is a sign that the Allies are firmly committed to defending the Baltic states and adds to the Alliance‘s security, says Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius. […]
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Defence
NATO fighter-jets alerted from Šiauliai to accompany Russian reconnaissance plane
Italian Typhoon fighter-jets performing the NATO air policing mission in Šiauliai, northern Lithuania, were scrambled on Thursday to accompany a Russian reconnaissance airplane. […]
Defence
NATO jets alerted by 11 Russian war planes over Baltic Sea
Italy‘s Typhoon fighter-jets serving in the NATO air policing mission of the Baltic states were scrambled from Šiauliai air base in late hours of Tuesday to escort 11 Russian war planes flying above the Baltic Sea from mainland Russia to its Kaliningrad region. […]
Defence
Germany to send over 500 troops to Lithuania for training this year
More than 500 German soldiers will come for combined training to Lithuania this year, the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence said on Tuesday. […]
Defence
Lithuania’s chief of defence: Five lessons to be learned from conflict in Ukraine
After the State Defence Council decided that conscription of 19-26-year-olds should be reintroduced for a 5-year period and as the Seimas is preparing to consider the issue, Chief of Defence Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas says Lithuania has learned five lessons from the conflict in Ukraine. […]
Defence
Baltic Air Policing jets scrambled once last week to identify Russian aircraft
Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence has published data on interceptions of vessels and aircraft completed near the borders of the Baltic states between 9 and 15 March. […]
Defence
Runway Run 2015 to be held at Šiauliai Airbase
On 28 March, the Air Base of the Lithuanian Air Force at Šiauliai will host a run on an airbase track, Runway Run 2015, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said. […]
Defence