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The Baltic air-policing mission is a NATO air defence Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) in order to guard the airspace above the three Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.WEB, Baltic Air Policing,weblink 2020-09-20, ac.nato.int,

Mission

Within the Alliance, preserving airspace integrity is conducted as a collective task jointly and collectively using fighter aircraft for air policing. Air policing is a purely defensive mission. Since the 1970s, NATO has established a comprehensive system of air surveillance and airspace management means, as well as Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) assets for intercepts (QRA(I)) provided by its member nations. By means of radar sites, remote data transmission, Control and Reporting Centres (CRCs) and Combined Air Operations Centres (CAOCs) the Alliance ensures constant surveillance and control of its assigned airspace 24 hours a day and 365 days a year. NATO exploits these facilities to react within seconds to air traffic incidents in the Allies’ airspace. This structure of weapon systems, control centres and procedures is referred to as the NATO Integrated Air Defence System (NATINADS). NATINADS has been and remains one cornerstone of Alliance solidarity and cohesion. The responsible Allied Air Headquarters are at Izmir, Turkey and Ramstein, Germany. The dividing line is the Alps. The Headquarters Allied Air Command Ramstein’s air area of responsibility is divided in two Air Policing Areas (APAs):

• APA 1 is controlled by the CAOC Finderup,WEB,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150722065647weblink">weblink dead, CAOC Finderup 1993-2013, July 22, 2015, Denmark (deactivated in 2013);
• APA 2 is controlled by the CAOC Uedem, Germany.

NATO members without their own Air Policing assets are assisted by other NATO members. Luxembourg is covered by interceptors from Belgium, Slovenia is covered by the Italian Air Force and Albania is covered by Italian and Greek aircraft.WEB,weblink L'A.M. assicura lo spazio aereo albanese, 20 September 2011, it, L’Aeronautica Militare assicura già dal 2007, con i propri velivoli, l’"Air Policing" dello spazio aereo sloveno., Since March 2004, when the Baltic States joined NATO, the 24/7 task of policing the airspace of the Baltic States was conducted on a three-month rotation from Zokniai Air Base in Lithuania and, starting from 2014, at the Ämari Air Base in Harju County, Estonia. 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.To ensure Air Policing performance is conducted in a safe and professional way, adequate training was and still is required, as NATO member nations deploy their assets to Šiauliai Air Base, Lithuania, on a rotational basis. To standardize training across nations, Headquarters Allied Air Command Ramstein introduced a series of training events formerly called Baltic Region Training Events, now referred to as Ramstein Alloy Home to capitalize on experienced aircrews deployed to Šiauliai and to offer superior training for Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian air forces and control facilities.WEB,weblink Baltic Region Training Event., 2013-04-30,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20141030193652weblink">weblink 2014-10-30, dead, The three host nations contributed €2.2 million in 2011 to cover the deployment expenses and are supposed to contribute €3.5 million yearly by 2015. In 2012, the Alliance allocated €7 million for Šiauliai airfield modernisation from the Security Investment Programme.A Mission in the Interest of the Whole Alliance. PISM Bulletin No 88 (421), September 21, 2012(File:French Air Contingent, NATO Baltic Air-policing.jpg|thumb|Two French Mirage 2000s during a Baltic Air Policing deployment in 2010)Hungary performed the mission for the first time in 2015.WEB,weblink Hungary will join NATO's Air Policing mission in Baltics, The Baltic Course-Балтийский, курс, The Baltic Course | Baltic States news & analytics, Italy carried out the mission in January–April 2015,Italy’s Typhoon fighter jets secure airspace of Iceland. 10 June 2013 with 14 members having participated in Baltic Air Policing so far.In 2013, the Baltic patrol was called in when the Swedish Air Force was unable to respond to a simulated attack by Russian bombers against Stockholm.WEB,weblink Russian jets practiced attacks on Sweden, Benitez, Jorge, 22 April 2013, NATO Source, Atlantic Council, 22 April 2013,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130426200323weblink">weblink 2013-04-26, dead, During the 2014 Crimean crisis, the U.S. Air Force deployed six F-15C Eagle fighter jets from US-run Lakenheath air base in eastern England to the Lithuanian Air Force Base near Šiauliai.WEB,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140308012653weblink">weblink dead, US sends six fighters for NATO Baltics patrols: Lithuania, March 8, 2014, WEB,weblink 6 F-15s, KC-135 to augment NATO mission in Baltics, U.S. Air Force, 5 March 2014, These aircraft will augment the present mission comprising four U.S. F-15C Eagle aircraft. The U.S. heightened its NATO presence to increase the strength of the Baltic Air Policing mission. Another two U.S. KC-135 aerial refuelling aircraft brought aircraft service personnel.WEB,weblink The United States augment its participation in NATO's air policing mission in the Baltics, 2014-03-06,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20141030202421weblink">weblink 2014-10-30, dead, In May 2014, NATO established its second air base in Estonia's Ämari near Tallinn, beginning with a Danish deployment.NEWS,weblink NATO opens an air base in Estonia, 2 May 2014, estonianworld.com, 2 May 2014, In May 2014, Polish Air Force units at Malbork Air Base were reinforced by the French Air Force.NATO's tripled Baltic Air Policing Mission begins by Nicholas de Larrinaga Jane's Defence Weekly 29 April 2014Alliance Solidarity in the Baltic Region Continues Allied Command Operations 26 Aug 2014In January 2022, due to the massing of Russian military forces along its border with Ukraine; American and Danish fighter jets were deployed to the NATO Baltic Air Policing detachments in Estonia and Lithuania, respectively, to provide enhanced air policing (eAP) over the Baltic States.WEB,weblink Seymour Johnson F-15Es arrive in Baltics for NATO air policing mission, airforcetimes.com, 26 January 2022, 30 January 2022, WEB,weblink Denmark's F-16s to deploy for Nato's eAP mission in Lithuania, airforce-technology.com, 19 January 2022, 30 January 2022, According to a former staff member of the National Defence University of Finland, the Baltic air bases are untenable in a war scenario as they lack hardened aircraft shelters, which make them vulnerable to attack.NEWS, Gestrin-Hagner, Maria, (sv) Försvarsexpert: Flygövning fredstida spel för gallerierna,weblink 21 May 2015, Hufvudstadsbladet, 2015-01-20, Also, Russia operates long-range SAMs in Kaliningrad, Pskov and Leningrad Oblast, which might severely hamper or stop air operations from the area.In May 2023, the Latvian Minister of Defence, Ināra Mūrniece, announced that NATO fighter jets will be temporarily stationed at Lielvārde Air Base during the spring to autumn of 2024 whilst Ämari Air Base undergoes reconstruction work.WEB,weblink During reconstruction at Estonian base in 2024 allied air policing will move temporarily to Latvia, kaitseministeerium.ee, 21 May 2023, 6 June 2023,

Deployments

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>---United Kingdom}} {{air force17px) 4 x Panavia Tornado ADV >WEBSITE=PUBLICATIONS.PARLIAMENT.UK, HTTPS://WWW.THEYWORKFORYOU.COM/WRANS/?ID=2012-03-06A.95466.H>ACCESS-DATE=26 OCTOBER 2019, Eastern Europe: Military Aircraft, ---Norway}} (File:Flag of Norway, state.svgRoyal Norwegian Air Force >17px) 4 x F-16 >| Norwegian Ministry of Defence:Norwegian fighter aircraft on a temporary NATO mission in the baltic---Netherlands}} (File:Flag of the Royal Netherlands Air Force.svgRoyal Netherlands Air Force >17px) 4x F-16 >---Germany}} Image:Roundel of Germany – Type 1 – Border.svg German Air Force >Image:Roundel of Germany – Type 1 – Border.svg>15px 4 x F-4 Phantom II >WEBSITE=BALTICTIMES.COM, ---United States}} {{air force20px) 4 x F-16>WEBSITE=WWW.GLOBALSECURITY.ORG, ---Poland}} {{air forceImage:Szachownica.svg>17px 4 x MiG-29 >Zakończenie misji AIR POLICING przez Siły Powietrzne RP. {{Webarchive>url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218042058weblink |date=2010-02-18 }} mon.gov.pl---Turkey}} 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dead, ---Portugal}} (File:Roundel of Portugal.svgPortuguese Air Force >17px) 4 x F-16 >WEBSITE=WWW.F-16.NET, HTTP://WWW.ESQ301JAGUARES.NET/JAGUARES/BALTICO/AIRPOLICING.HTM>TITLE=BALTICS AIR POLICING 07 - REPORTAGEM FINALARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20080408145415/HTTP://WWW.ESQ301JAGUARES.NET/JAGUARES/BALTICO/AIRPOLICING.HTM, 2008-04-08, ---Norway}} (File:Flag of Norway, state.svgRoyal Norwegian Air Force >17px) 4 x F-16 >WEBSITE=WWW.ALFA.LT, ---Poland}} {{air forceImage:Szachownica.svg>17px 4 x MiG-29 >Gazeta.pl: weblink" title="archive.today/20120525173323weblink">Prezydent podpisał postanowienie o użyciu wojska w dwóch zagranicznych operacjach {{in lang>pl}}---Germany}} Image:Roundel of Germany – Type 1 – Border.svg German Air Force >Image:Roundel of Germany – Type 1 – Border.svg>15px 4 x F-4 Phantom II >TITLE=GERMAN CONTINGENT TOOK OVER BALTIC AIR-POLICING 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Air Force.svgCzech Air Force >17px) 4 x JAS-39 >---Germany}} {{GAF}} Image:Roundel of Germany – Type 1 – Border.svg 4 x Eurofighter Typhoon >TITLE=GERMAN AIR CONTINGENT TOOK OVER BALTIC AIR-POLICING MISSION FROM CZECHSARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20191102043852/HTTPS://KAM.LT/EN/NEWS_1098/NEWS_ARCHIVES/NEWS_ARCHIVE_2009/NEWS_ARCHIVE_2009_-_07/GERMAN_AIR_CONTINGENT_TOOK_OVER_BALTIC_AIR-POLICING_MISSION_FROM_CZECHS.HTML%3FPBCK%3D0, dead, ---Germany}} {{GAF}} Image:Roundel of Germany – Type 1 – Border.svg 4 x F-4 Phantom II>F-4F Phantom II Šiauliai, Lithuania HTTPS://WWW.BUNDESWEHR.DE/DE/ORGANISATION/LUFTWAFFE>TITLE=LUFTWAFFEDATE=9 JANUARY 2024, ---France}} Image:Logo of the French Air Force (Armee de l'Air).svg French Air and Space Force>French Air Force Image:Roundel of France.svg 4 x Mirage 2000>Mirage 2000C Šiauliai, Lithuania 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Šiauliai, Lithuania ---France}} Image:Logo of the French Air Force (Armee de l'Air).svg French Air and Space Force>French Air Force Image:Roundel of France.svg 4 x Mirage 2000>Mirage 2000C Šiauliai, Lithuania HTTP://WWW.KAM.LT/LT/NAUJIENOS_874/AKTUALIJOS_875/SIAULIUOSE_LEISIS_PRANCUZIJOS_NAIKINTUVAI.HTML>TITLE=ŠIAULIUOSE LEISIS PRANCūZIJOS NAIKINTUVAI, HTTPS://WWW.ATLANTICCOUNCIL.ORG/BLOGS/NATOSOURCE/FRENCH-AIR-FORCE-TAKES-COMMAND-OF-NATOS-BALTIC-AIR-POLICING-MISSION/>ACCESS-DATE=28 OCTOBER 2019DATE=4 MAY 2011, ---Denmark}} (File:Flag of Denmark (state).svgRoyal Danish Air Force >17px) 4 x F-16 >LANGUAGE=LT ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20140810191431/HTTP://WWW.VORUTA.LT/NATO-ORO-POLICIJOS-MISIJA-BALTIJOS-SALYSE-IS-DANIJOS-PERIMS-VOKIETIJA/ URL-STATUS=DEAD, HTTPS://AIRFORCESMONTHLY.KEYPUBLISHING.COM/2011/09/04/DANISH-F-16S-TAKE-OVER-BALTIC-AIR-POLICING-MISSION/>ACCESS-DATE=26 OCTOBER 2019, Danish F-16s Take-Over Baltic Air Policing Mission, ---Germany}} {{GAF}} Image:Roundel of Germany – Type 1 – Border.svg 6 x F-4 Phantom II>F-4F Phantom II Šiauliai, Lithuania HTTPS://WWW.DELFI.LT/NEWS/DAILY/LITHUANIA/SIAULIUOSE-NUSILEIDO-VOKIETIJOS-KARINIU-ORO-PAJEGU-NAIKINTUVAI.D?ID=53650495>TITLE=ŠIAULIUOSE NUSILEIDO VOKIETIJOS KARINIų ORO PAJėGų NAIKINTUVAITITLE=F-4 PHANTOM OF THE GERMAN AIR FORCE LANDED IN ŠIAULIAIARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20191029022746/HTTPS://KAM.LT/EN/NEWS_1098/NEWS_ARCHIVES/NEWS_ARCHIVE_2012/NEWS_ARCHIVE_2012_-_01/F-4_PHANTOM_OF_THE_GERMAN_AIR_FORCE_LANDED_IN_SIAULIAI.HTML%3FPBCK%3D20, dead, ---Poland}} {{air forceImage:Szachownica.svg>17px 4 x MiG-29 >Orlik 4 na posterunku, sp.mil.pl {{webarchive>url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018092134weblink pl}}---Czech Republic}} (File:Flag of the Czech Air Force.svgCzech Air Force >17px) 4 x JAS-39 >---Denmark}} (File:Flag of Denmark (state).svgRoyal Danish Air Force >17px) 4 x F-16 >WEBSITE=WWW.TV3.LT, ---France}} (File:Logo of the French Air Force (Armee de l'Air).svgFrench Air and 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2013URL=HTTP://AIRHEADSFLY.COM/2013/07/26/BELGIAN-F-16S-BALTIC-AIR-POLICING-2013/ACCESS-DATE=3 AUGUST 2013ARCHIVE-DATE=11 DECEMBER 2013, dead, ---United States}} {{air force20px) 4 x F-15 Eagle >DATE=3 JANUARY 2014 ARCHIVE-DATE=1 MAY 2018 URL-STATUS=DEAD, --- 1 May 2014 {{flagPoland}} Image:Szachownica.svg 4 x MiG-29>MiG-29A Šiauliai, Lithuania ALLIES ENHANCE NATO AIR-POLICING DUTIES IN BALTIC STATES, POLAND, ROMANIA >URL=HTTPS://WWW.NATO.INT/CPS/EN/NATOHQ/NEWS_109354.HTM, 29 April 2014, ---United Kingdom}} {{air force17px) 4 x Eurofighter Typhoon Šiauliai, Lithuania ---Denmark}} (File:Flag of Denmark (state).svgRoyal Danish Air Force >17px) 4 x F-16 >Ämari Air Base>Ämari, Estonia ---France}} (File:Logo of the French Air Force (Armee de l'Air).svgFrench Air and Space Force>French Air Force (File:Roundel of France.svgDassault Rafale >22nd Air Base>Malbork, Poland --- 1 September 2014 {{flag20px) Portuguese Air Force (File:Roundel of Portugal.svgF-16>F-16AM Fighting Falcon Šiauliai, 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>DATE=28 AUGUST 2015, ---United Kingdom}} {{air force17px) 4 x Eurofighter Typhoon Ämari, Estonia ---Belgium}} {{Flag iconair force}} Belgian Air Component (File:Roundel of Belgium.svgF-16>F-16AM Fighting Falcon Malbork, Poland ---Germany}} Image:Roundel of Germany – Type 1 – Border.svg German Air Force >Image:Roundel of Germany – Type 1 – Border.svg>15px 4 x Eurofighter Typhoon Ämari, Estonia RAF HANDS OVER NATO AIR POLICING TO LUFTWAFFE AT ÄMARI, ESTONIA >URL=HTTPS://AC.NATO.INT/PAGE5931922/RAF-HANDS-OVER-ITS-AIR-POLICING-TASKS-TO-LUFTWAFFE-AT-AMARI--ESTONIA, 25 August 2015, ---Hungary}} (File:Hungarian Air Force emblem.svg20px) Hungarian Air Force (File:Roundel of Hungary.svg17px) 4 x JAS-39 >DATE=31 AUGUST 2015, --- 7 January 2016 {{flag25px) Spanish Air Force (File:Roundel of Spain.svgEurofighter Typhoon >DATE=7 JANUARY 2016, ---Belgium}} {{Flag iconair force}} Belgian Air Component (File:Roundel of Belgium.svgF-16>F-16AM Fighting Falcon Ämari, Estonia ---United Kingdom}} {{air force17px) 4 x Eurofighter Typhoon Ämari, Estonia AUGMENTING BALTIC AIR POLICING NATIONS HAND OVER RESPONSIBILITY >URL=HTTPS://AC.NATO.INT/ARCHIVE/2016/AUGMENTING-BALTIC-AIR-POLICING-NATIONS-HAND-OVER-RESPONSIBILITY, 28 April 2016, ---Portugal}} (File:Roundel of Portugal.svgPortuguese Air Force >17px) 4 x F-16 >DATE=4 MAY 2016, --- 31 August 2016 {{flag25px) French Air and Space Force >17px) 4 x Dassault Mirage 2000 >DATE=31 AUGUST 2016, ---Germany}} Image:Roundel of Germany – Type 1 – Border.svg German Air Force >Image:Roundel of Germany – Type 1 – Border.svg>15px 4 x Eurofighter Typhoon Ämari, Estonia BALTIC AIR POLICING AUGMENTING NATIONS PASS BATON AT ÄMARI, ESTONIA >URL=HTTPS://AC.NATO.INT/ARCHIVE/2016/BALTIC-AIR-POLICING-AUGMENTING-NATIONS-PASS-BATON-AT-AMARI--ESTONIA, 31 August 2016, --- 5 January 2017 Netherlands}} (File:Flag of the Royal Netherlands Air Force.svgRoyal Netherlands Air Force >17px)F-16>F-16AM Fighting Falcon Šiauliai, Lithuania FRANCE HANDS OVER LEAD IN BALTIC AIR POLICING TO THE NETHERLANDS AT SIAULIAI >URL=HTTPS://AC.NATO.INT/ARCHIVE/2017/FRANCE-HANDS-OVER-LEAD-IN-BALTIC-AIR-POLICING-TO-THE-NETHERLANDS-AT-SIAULIAI, 5 January 2017, ---Germany}} Image:Roundel of Germany – Type 1 – Border.svg German Air Force >Image:Roundel of Germany – Type 1 – Border.svg>15px 4 x Eurofighter Typhoon Ämari, Estonia GERMANY CONTINUES AUGMENTING BALTIC AIR POLICING >URL=HTTPS://AC.NATO.INT/ARCHIVE/2017/GERMANY-CONTINUES-AUGMENTING-BALTIC-AIR-POLICING, 6 January 2017, ---Poland}} {{air forceImage:Szachownica.svg>17px 4 x F-16 >DATE=2 MAY 2017, ---Spain}} (File:Emblem of the Spanish Air Force.svgSpanish Air Force>17px) 5 x McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet#Spain >DATE=3 MAY 2017, ---United States}} {{air force20px) 4 x F-15 Eagle >DATE=30 AUGUST 2017, ---Belgium}} {{Flag iconair force}} Belgian Air Component (File:Roundel of Belgium.svgF-16>F-16AM Fighting Falcon Ämari, Estonia FIRST ALLY TO CONDUCT BALTIC AIR POLICING, BELGIUM, BACK AT ÄMARI 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(File:Emblem of the Spanish Air Force.svgSpanish Air Force>17px) 7 x Eurofighter Typhoon Šiauliai, Lithuania SPAIN TAKES THE LEAD WITHIN NATO'S BALTIC AIR POLICING MISSION >URL=HTTPS://EMAD.DEFENSA.GOB.ES/EN/OPERACIONES/OPERACIONES-EN-EL-EXTERIOR/33-BAP-POLICIA_AEREA_DEL_BALTICO/NOTICIAS/LISTADO/210429-INICIO-BAP-LITUANIA.HTML ACCESS-DATE=7 JUNE 2021 ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20210509064341/HTTPS://EMAD.DEFENSA.GOB.ES/EN/OPERACIONES/OPERACIONES-EN-EL-EXTERIOR/33-BAP-POLICIA_AEREA_DEL_BALTICO/NOTICIAS/LISTADO/210429-INICIO-BAP-LITUANIA.HTML, dead, ---Turkey}} (File:Flag of Turkish Air Force Command.svgTurkish Air Force >17px) 4 x Lockheed Martin F-16 Malbork, Poland HTTPS://AC.NATO.INT/ARCHIVE/2021/ESP_ITA_TUR-BAP_EAP>TITLE=NATO ALLIES CONTINUE ENDURING AIR POLICING MISSION IN BALTIC REGIONACCESS-DATE= APRIL 26, 2021, --- 31 August 2021 {{flag25px) Royal Danish Air Force (File:Roundel of Denmark.svgF-16>F-16AM Fighting Falcon Rowspan="2" 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ACCESS-DATE=30 JANUARY 2022, ---Denmark}} (File:Flag of Denmark (state).svgRoyal Danish Air Force >17px) 4 x F-16 >WEBSITE=AC.NATO.INTWEBSITE=THELOCAL.DKACCESS-DATE=30 JANUARY 2022, ---France}} (File:Logo of the French Air Force (Armee de l'Air).svgFrench Air and Space Force>French Air Force (File:Roundel of France.svgDassault Mirage 2000>Mirage 2000-5F Ämari, Estonia FRENCH AIR AND SPACE FORCE EMPLOYS ASSETS FOR NATO'S DETERRENCE AND DEFENCE >URL=HTTPS://AC.NATO.INT/ARCHIVE/2022/FRA_EVA WEBSITE=ESTONIANWORLD.COM, 24 March 2022, --- 1 April 2022 {{flag20px) Czech Air Force (File:Roundel of the Czech Republic.svgJAS-39>JAS 39C Gripen Šiauliai, Lithuania HTTPS://WWW.SAAB.COM/NEWSROOM/STORIES/2022/JANUARY/CZECH-GRIPENS-TO-GUARD-BALTIC-AIRPACE-THIS-YEAR>TITLE=CZECH GRIPENS TO GUARD BALTIC AIRPACE THIS YEARACCESS-DATE=8 FEBRUARY 2022, ---Spain}} (File:Emblem of the Spanish Air Force.svgSpanish Air Force>17px) 8 x McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet#Spain >WEBSITE=EMAD.DEFENSA.GOB.ESARCHIVE-DATE=1 APRIL 2022URL-STATUS=DEAD, ---1 August 2022 {{flagHungarian Air Force emblemHungarian Air Force >Roundel of HungaryJAS-39>JAS 39C Gripen Šiauliai, Lithuania HTTPS://WWW.NATO.INT/CPS/EN/NATOHQ/NEWS_198102.HTM>ACCESSDATE=1 AUGUST 2022TITLE=GERMANY, HUNGARY, ITALY TAKE UP NATO'S BALTIC AIR POLICING, ---Germany}} Image:Roundel of Germany – Type 1 – Border.svg German Air Force >Image:Roundel of Germany – Type 1 – Border.svg>15px 4 x Eurofighter Typhoons Ämari, Estonia ---Italy}} (File:LV Italian Air Force roundel color.svgItalian Air Force >17px) 4 x Eurofighter Typhoon Malbork, Poland HTTPS://THEAVIATIONIST.COM/2022/07/31/ITALIAN-EUROFIGHTERS-DEPLOYED-TO-POLAND-TO-AUGMENT-NATO-AIR-POLICING/>TITLE=ITALIAN EUROFIGHTERS DEPLOYED TO POLAND TO AUGMENT NATO AIR POLICINGDATE=31 JULY 2022, 11 October 2022, ---Poland}} {{air forceImage:Szachownica.svg>17px 4 x F-16 >WEBSITE=GOV.PLWEBSITE=DELFI.LT, 11 October 2022, ---Belgium}} {{Flag iconair force}} Belgian Air Component (File:Roundel of Belgium.svgF-16>F-16AM Fighting Falcon Ämari, Estonia HTTPS://WWW.BRUSSELSTIMES.COM/301606/BELGIAN-F-16S-TO-CARRY-OUT-NEW-NATO-MISSION-FROM-ESTONIAN-BASE>TITLE=BELGIAN F-16S TO CARRY OUT NEW NATO MISSION FROM ESTONIAN BASEACCESSDATE=11 OCTOBER 2022, ---France}} (File:Logo of the French Air Force (Armee de l'Air).svgFrench Air and Space Force>French Air Force (File:Roundel of France.svgDassault Rafale >WEBSITE=AEROTIME.AERO/ACCESSDATE=29 NOVEMBER 2022, HTTPS://WWW.AVIONSLEGENDAIRES.NET/2022/11/ACTU/LARMEE-DE-LAIR-ET-DE-LESPACE-DEPLOIE-ENFIN-SES-RAFALE-F3-R-VERS-LA-LITUANIE/ > TITLE=L'ARMéE DE L'AIR ET DE L'ESPACE DéPLOIE (ENFIN) SES RAFALE F3-R VERS LA LITUANIE, 25 November 2022, --- {{flag23px) Royal Netherlands Air Force (File:Roundel of the Netherlands.svgLockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II>F-35A Lightning II Malbork, Poland HTTPS://WWW.DEFENSIE.NL/ACTUEEL/NIEUWS/2022/12/22/DEFENSIE-STUURT-8-F-35S-NAAR-POLEN-VOOR-VERDEDIGING-NAVO-OOSTFLANK >TITLE=DEFENSIE STUURT 8 F-35'S NAAR POLEN VOOR VERDEDIGING NAVO-OOSTFLANK LANGUAGE=DUTCH DATE=22 DECEMBER 2022, 22 December 2022, ---United Kingdom}} {{air force17px) 4 x Eurofighter Typhoon Ämari, Estonia HTTPS://THEAVIATIONIST.COM/2023/03/02/FIRST-RAF-TYPHOON-LANDS-IN-ESTONIA-TO-JOIN-GERMAN-DETACHMENT-SUPPORTING-NATO-BALTIC-AIR-POLICING/>TITLE=FIRST RAF TYPHOON LANDS IN ESTONIA TO JOIN GERMAN DETACHMENT SUPPORTING NATO BALTIC AIR POLICINGDATE=2 MARCH 2023 ACCESSDATE=2 MARCH 2023, HTTPS://EURO-SD.COM/2023/03/NEWS/30126/JOINT-RAF-LUFTWAFFE-BALTIC-AIR-POLICING-GOES-LIVE/>TITLE=JOINT RAF/LUFTWAFFE BALTIC AIR POLICING GOES LIVEDATE=8 MARCH 2023, 18 March 2023, --- 31 March 2023 {{flag20px) Portuguese Air Force (File:Roundel of Portugal.svgF-16>F-16AM Fighting Falcon Šiauliai, Lithuania HTTPS://AC.NATO.INT/ARCHIVE/2023/PORTUGAL-AND-ROMANIA-ARE-INCOMING-TO-LITHUANIA-FOR-THEIR-BALTIC-AIR-POLICING-ROTATION>TITLE=PORTUGAL AND ROMANIA ARE INCOMING TO LITHUANIA FOR THEIR BALTIC AIR POLICING ROTATIONACCESSDATE=25 MARCH 2023, ---Romania}} Image:Flag of the Romanian Air Force (obverse).svg Romanian Air Force >17px) 4 x F-16 >WEBSITE=DEFENSE-AEROSPACE.COMACCESSDATE=21 MARCH 2023, HTTPS://AC.NATO.INT/ARCHIVE/2023/BAP_LTU_HOTO_BL62>TITLE=PORTUGAL AND ROMANIA BEGIN 62ND ROTATION OF NATO BALTIC AIR POLICINGACCESSDATE=2 APRIL 2023, ---3 August 2023 {{flag25px) Spanish Air Force (File:Roundel of Spain.svgEurofighter Typhoon >WEBSITE=AIRBUS.COMACCESSDATE=18 JULY 2023, HTTPS://WWW.NATO.INT/CPS/EN/NATOHQ/NEWS_217870.HTM>ACCESSDATE=5 AUGUST 2023TITLE=ITALY AND SPAIN TAKE LEAD OF NATO'S BALTIC AIR POLICING MISSION, ---Italy}} (File:LV Italian Air Force roundel color.svgItalian Air Force >17px) 4 x Eurofighter Typhoon Šiauliai, Lithuania HTTPS://WWW.DEFENSENEWS.COM/GLOBAL/EUROPE/2023/07/26/BALTIC-NATIONS-BET-BIG-ON-NATOS-REGIONAL-DEFENSE-DESIGNS/>TITLE=BALTIC NATIONS BET BIG ON NATO'S REGIONAL DEFENSE DESIGNSDATE=26 JULY 2023, 28 July 2023, ---30 November 2023 {{flagBelgiumBelgian Air Component >17px) 4 x F-16 >WEBSITE=NATO.INTWEBSITE=AC.NATO.INT, 1 December 2023, ---France}} (File:Logo of the French Air Force (Armee de l'Air).svgFrench Air and Space Force>French Air Force (File:Roundel of France.svgDassault Mirage 2000>Mirage 2000-5F Šiauliai, Lithuania HTTPS://WWW.NATO.INT/CPS/EN/NATOHQ/NEWS_220956.HTM>TITLE=FIVE ALLIES DEPLOY JETS TO NATO'S EASTERN FLANK FOR AIR POLICINGACCESSDATE=1 DECEMBER 2023, HTTPS://AC.NATO.INT/ARCHIVE/2023/BLOCK64_HOTO>TITLE=BELGIAN AIR FORCE LEADS NATO BALTIC AIR POLICING WITH FRANCE AUGMENTING THE MISSIONACCESSDATE=1 DECEMBER 2023, ---Poland}} {{air forceImage:Szachownica.svg>17px 4 x F-16 >WEBSITE=NATO.INTWEBSITE=AC.NATO.INT, 1 December 2023, ---Germany}} Image:Roundel of Germany – Type 1 – Border.svg German Air Force >Image:Roundel of Germany – Type 1 – Border.svg>15px 5 x Eurofighter Typhoons Lielvārde, Latvia HTTPS://AC.NATO.INT/ARCHIVE/2023/LVA_PREP_BAP_TAKEOVER>TITLE=LATVIA PREPARES NATO BALTIC AIR POLICING TAKE-OVERACCESSDATE=12 JANUARY 2024, HTTPS://AC.NATO.INT/ARCHIVE/2024/DEU_ARRIVAL_LIELVARDE#:~:TEXT=FEB%2027%202024-,GERMAN%20JETS%20LAND%20IN%20LATVIA%20FOR%20NATO%20ENHANCED%20AIR%20POLICING,STATES%20IN%20THE%20COMING%20MONTHS.>TITLE=GERMAN JETS LAND IN LATVIA FOR NATO ENHANCED AIR POLICING MISSIONACCESSDATE=1 MARCH 2024, ---1 April 2024Spain}} (File:Emblem of the Spanish Air Force.svgSpanish Air Force>17px) 8 x McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet#Spain >WEBSITE=AIRFORCE-TECHNOLOGY.COM, 1 April 2024, ---Portugal}} (File:Roundel of Portugal.svgPortuguese Air Force >17px) 4 x F-16 >WEBSITE=AC.NATO.INTWEBSITE=AC.NATO.INT, 16 April 2024,

Accidents

• 30 August 2011 – A French Mirage collided with a Lithuanian Aero L-39 Albatros jet trainer, which crashed into a marsh. Both pilots ejected.WEB,weblink Lithuanian L-39 crashes after collision with French Mirage,
• 29 April 2013 – A Danish F-16 landed in Tallinn after it suffered a bird strike, which caused minor engine damage.WEB,weblink Danish jets make unscheduled landing after bird collision in Estonian airspace, April 29, 2013, Estonian news - news.postimees.ee,
• 9 October 2015 – A German Eurofighter's right external tank dropped "while taxiing to the start position" on the taxiway in Ämari airbase, Estonia. The necessary torque of the tightening bolts "was not present".WEB,weblink Bundeswehr-Eurofighter - Schrauben locker, Christoph, Hickmann, Süddeutsche.de, 13 October 2015,
• 8 August 2018 – A Spanish Eurofighter accidentally launched an AMRAAM missile without a target while on patrol over Estonia. The missile was not confirmed to have self-destructed as designed.WEB,weblink Spanish fighter jet accidentally fires missile in Estonia, Sky News,

Gallery

Image:NATO-F-15C-Eagle-Baltic-Air-Policing-2008.jpg|U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagle near Vilnius (November 2008)Image:Baltic Air Policing.jpg|Squadron of Belgian Air Component F-16 Fighting Falcon fightersImage:Royal-Danish-Air-Force-F16-landing-at-Vilnius-airport-Mar27-2009.jpg|Royal Danish Air Force F-16 near Vilnius (March 2009)Image:French Mirage 2000s during a Baltic Air Policing deployment in 2010-2.jpg|French Mirage 2000s during a Baltic Air Policing deployment in 2010.Image:German F-4F Phantom II landing at Zokniai Lithuania 2011-01-04.jpeg|A German Luftwaffe McDonnell Douglas F-4F Phantom II landing at Zokniai airport (Lithuania, January 2011).File:Czech JAS-39 Gripen over the Curonian Spit in 2012.jpg|Czech Saab JAS 39 Gripen fighters over the Curonian Spit while participating in the Baltic Air Policing mission in 2012.File:A U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagle aircraft assigned to the 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron taxis to a runway March 18, 2014, as part of Baltic Air Policing in Å iauliai, Lithuania 140318-F-XB934-135.jpg|A U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagle aircraft assigned to the 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron taxis to a runway, March 2014, as part of Baltic Air Policing in Å iauliai, Lithuania.File:F16 RNAF Baltic Air Police in air.jpg|Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16s during a Baltic Air Policing deployment (Lithuania, March 2017)File:Romanian and Portuguese F-16s in formation.jpg|Romanian and Portuguese F-16s flying over Lithuania (May 2023)

See also

• Icelandic Air Policing

References

{{Reflist}}

• Three years of NATO Baltic Air Policing

External links

• {{commons category-inline}}
• Ministry of National Defence Republic of Lithuania {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230210726weblink |date=2013-12-30 }} NATO Air - policing mission
• Estonian Ministry of Defence {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223070635weblink |date=2012-02-23 }}
• Headquarters Allied Air Command Ramstein - NATO Air Policing
• NATO AIRCOM Exercises

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