USAF Perspective on Air Policing in the Baltics
10/04/2017
10/04/2017: The 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron Detachment is policing Baltic air space at Siauliai Air Base, Lithuania. 09.07.2017 Defense Media Activity - Air Force
French Military Deploys to Estonia
03/29/2017
03/29/2017: Three hundred French troops are deploying to Estonia to help support NATO's Enhanced Forward Presence. Fifty personnel have already arrived in country along with various French army vehicles. Vehicles and other military equipment reached the training base in Tapa where the French will be based. The soldiers will form part…
U.S. Marines In the Baltics
11/05/2016
11/05/2016: U.S. Marines participate in force-on-force training during Exercise Silver Arrow 2016 at Adazi Military Base in Latvia, Oct. 27, 2016. Silver Arrow is a multinational annual exercise designed to expedite NATO’s response time during conflict and increase collective defense capabilities amongst nations. ADAZI, LATVIA 10/27/2016 U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe…
F-22 Deploys to the Baltics
05/02/2016
05/02/2016: On April 27th, 2016, F-22s deployed to the Baltics. According to an April 29, 2016 article in RFE/RL: The U.S. Air Force landed two of its most advanced jets in Lithuania for the first time on April 27 in a show of support for a region worried by Russian…