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Air patrolling over the Baltic countries: NATO to triple the number of fighter aircraft utilized
Vilnius, Lithuania - Twelve planes will be involved, including four Polish MiG-29s
The NATO aircraft which will perform the air patrol operations over the Baltic countries starting from May will be tripled compared with the normal situation, because of the growing tensions in the Eastern Europe area ollowing Russia's occupation of Ukraine's Crimea region. During the past 10 years NATO countries provided aircraft on a rotational basis to help in identifying and responding to violations...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1159485
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency