In 2023, NATO air forces across Europe scrambled well over 300 times to intercept Russian military aircraft approaching Alliance airspace, with most intercepts occurring over the Baltic Sea. NATO has standing air-policing missions that calls for Allied jets to scramble…

n the early morning of May 14, the Italian Air Force F-35 pilots deployed to Ämari Air Base, Estonia, supporting NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission, executed their first intercept since they arrived in early May. The Combined Air Operations Centre…

Aircraft and ships from multiple Allied nations conducted a complex multi-domain mission stretching from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea, on March 3. In the early morning, two French Navy Rafale fighters and an E-2 Hawkeye tactical battle management airborne…

From September, Italian and German fighter jets will be deployed in Lithuania and Estonia respectively. The detachments with their Eurofighter Typhoon jets will take over from their outgoing Spanish, French and UK colleagues. While Italy will be leading the mission,…

Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets currently deployed in Lithuania have intercepted a Russian Il-20 Coot-A, ISR radar reconnaissance and electronic intelligence aircraft operating over the Baltic Sea. The Il-20M Coot was monitored, as it flew through the Lithuanian Flight…

Spain, France and the United Kingdom will take up NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission starting in May, guarding the skies over the Baltic region for the next four months. The three NATO Allies are replacing air force detachments from Belgium…

On the Baltic Sea shores, the new year will start with new Allies deploying their jets to Šiauliai, Lithuania, and Ämari, Estonia, to continue NATO Air Policing in the region with the handover ceremonies scheduled for next week.  Denmark will…