A clear demonstration of the UK's ongoing commitment to NATO enhanced
air policing, this was the third time the UK has committed RAF Typhoon aircraft to Baltic
Air Policing missions in Estonia, following deployments in 2015 and 2016.
TALLINN, Aug 30 (LETA--BNS) - A change of rotation ceremony of the NATO Baltic
air policing mission will take place at the Amari air base in Estonia on Monday where the Czech Air Force will take over the
air policing duties performed out of Amari from the Royal Air Force.
It is already home to f our RAF Typhoon squadrons -half of the RAF Typhoon Force - which conducts
air policing work to protect the UK's airspace from unwanted intrusion, and also on behalf of Nato in Eastern Europe to reassure allies.
BRUSSELS, Aug 14 (KUNA) -- Two jets from NATO's Baltic
Air Policing Mission were scrambled to visually identify a Russian fighter jet over the Baltic sea on Tuesday, NATO Spokesperson Oana Lungescu said in a statement Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Typhoons on Nato Baltic
Air Policing also scrambled from Estonia's Amari airbase to intercept a Russian Bear bomber and two Flanker fighter aircraft flying close to Estonian airspace.
The RAF is conducting NATO Baltic
Air Policing, along with Estonia, amid growing tensions between the Kremlin and the West.
NATO Allied Air Command has announced that the Polish Air Force has taken over responsibility for leading NATO's Baltic
Air Policing mission out of Siauliai Air Base, Lithuania, the air command said.
During the training, the fighter aircraft successfully completed all missions as well as
Air Policing one, which involved the interception and the forced landing of an airplane flying without authorization through the airspace of both countries.
Meanwhile, the Estonian authorities decided to ban the Spanish aircraft from taking part in the
air policing missions over its territory for a while.