Baltic Air Policing
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The Baltic air-policing mission is a NATO air defence Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) in order to guard the airspace over the three Baltic states Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Since March 2004, when the Baltic States joined NATO, alliance nations have policed the airspace over the area on three-month rotation from Lithuania's First Air Base in Zokniai/Šiauliai International Airport, near the northern city of Šiauliai. Starting with the Turkish deployment, rotations changed to a four month basis.
Usual deployments consist of four fighter aircraft with between 50 and 100 support personnel.
[edit] Deployments
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[edit] References
- ^ Belgium Baltic Air Policing
- ^ Embassy of Denmark, Vilnius, Defence Attache
- ^ Hansard, 14/12/04
- ^ Norwegian Ministry of Defence: Norwegian fighter aircraft on a temporary NATO mission in the baltic
- ^ Germans takes over Baltic NATO mission
- ^ 23rd EFS protects Baltic skies
- ^ Sabers deploy to Lithuania, join NATO air policing mission
- ^ Warsaw Voice: Guarding the Baltic Skies
- ^ Turkish Military Personnel to Take Over Execution of NATO Air Policing Mission Over the Baltic States
- ^ Turkey leads NATOs Air Policing mission in the Baltic States
- ^ Spain to carry out NATO patrol in Baltic countries
- ^ Turkish Military Personnel to Take Over Execution of NATO Air Policing Mission Over the Baltic States
- ^ Belgian F16's will lead NATO's Air Policing mission in the Baltic States from 01/12/2006
- ^ Estonian Review, Volume 17 No 13 Mar28-Apr3, 2007, p.3: French Take over Baltic Air Policing Mission
- ^ Romanian contingent takes over Baltic air policing mission from France
- ^ Portuguese F-16s to defend Baltic skies
- ^ A participação dos Jaguares na missão Baltics Air Policing 2007 (Portuguese Air Force 301 Squadron) (Portuguese)
- ^ Norwegian Defence Force Official Website: Ready to go
- ^ Gazeta.pl: Prezydent podpisał postanowienie o użyciu wojska w dwóch zagranicznych operacjach (Polish)
[edit] External links
- Estonian Ministry of Defence Baltic Air Surveillance Network (BALTNET)
