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…

NATO AGS Global Hawk Flight

08/13/2016
08/13/2016: The first of NATO’s five unmanned air vehicles rolled off the factory line in San Diego on Thursday, 4 June 2015. The Global Hawk Block 40 is part of the Alliance Ground Surveillance Program (AGS). The NATO-owned and -operated AGS core capability will enable the Alliance to perform persistent surveillance…

B-52s in Baltops 2016

06/06/2016
06/06/2016: Three B-52s from Minot Air Force Base land at RAF Fairford to take part in BALTOPS 2016. 2nd Bomb Wing Public Affairs:6/2/16 Fifteen NATO and two partner nations will participate in the 44th iteration of the multinational maritime exercise BALTOPS 2016 in the Baltic region.  Events are scheduled to take…

F-22 Refueling on Way to the Baltics

05/04/2016
05/04/2016: F-22 Raptors from Tyndall AFB refuel with a KC-135 from RAF Mildenhall while on a historic flight to Lithuania. A pair of F-22 Raptors and a KC-135 Stratotanker made a stop Wednesday at Siauliai Air Base Air Base in Lithuania, the first time one of the Air Force's most advanced…

Shaping the Template for Air Interceptions While Russians Continue Their Hot Dog Tactics

05/02/2016
05/02/2016: It is not difficult to see how air intercepts in the Northern European region could escalate. Nato is working hard to shape an effective air intercept template. A number of fighter jets from NATO and NATO partner nations have been training together at an airbase in Estonia. Among the…

Belgian Air Force and the Baltic Air Patrol

02/25/2016
02/25/2016: Four Belgian F16 fighter jets take on the role of guarding the Baltic skies. The Belgian air force deploys its F16 fighter jets to cover the Baltic skies during the 40th rotation of NATO’s Baltic air policing mission. Four jets have been deployed, operating out of Amari airbase in Estonia,…

Trident Juncture 2015

10/26/2015
10/26/2015: Trident Juncture 2015 sees a huge mix of land, air and sea training exercises. On 10/22/15 in Sierra Del Retin, Spain the Dutch ship, HNLMS Johan de Witt saw USMC V22 Ospreys land on its deck. In Portugal, Portuguese and US Marines, conduct an Assault operation, at the Pinheiro…

Trident Juncture Kicks Off LIVEX

10/23/2015
10/23/2015: The live portion of Trident Juncture – NATO’s biggest exercise in over a decade, kicks off today. Portuguese “Fuzileiros” Marines and U.S. Marines put forces ashore in a beach in Pinheiro da Cruz from the USS Arlington in an amphibious assault training exercise. Meanwhile in San Gregorio, Spain, the Baltic…