NATO to triple Baltic air patrol from next month.

hammarö · Post by **hammarö** » 09 Apr 2014, 15:13

NATO to triple Baltic air patrol from next month.

The number of fighters assigned to the Baltic air policing mission is now set to increase further to12, three times the normalcomplement, when the next four-month period starts in May, the NATO military official said.

Poland takes over the resonsibility forproviding Baltic air policing from May 1, offering four MiG-29.

Britain will contribute four Typhoons and Denmark has offered four F-16 as well as another two F-16 that will be on stanby in Denmark, the NATO military official said.

Until now, the Baltic air policing mission has operated from an air base in Lithuania but Estonia has now offered Amari as a second base that the four Danish planes are expected to use.

France has also offered four fighters, either Rafales or Mirages, for the May to August period. It is likely that they will fly out of Poland.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/ ... rit=992637

hammarö · Post by **hammarö** » 16 Apr 2014, 18:34

NATO planes are soon planned to be based on Lithuania Lielvarde, formed Sovjet air base.

Russia start soon air exercise in area.

Stefan · Post by **Stefan** » 16 Apr 2014, 20:04

hammarö wrote:NATO planes are soon planned to be based on Lithuania Lielvarde, formed Sovjet air base.

Lielvarde is in Latvia.

hammarö · Post by **hammarö** » 16 Apr 2014, 23:33

More NATO ships, warplanes and troops will soon be headed to eastern Europe in response to Russia’s pressure on Ukraine, the alliance’s top official said Wednesday.

http://www.stripes.com/news/nato-to-dep ... s-1.278197

Rasmussen did not say which countries would be contributing to the beefed up NATO effort, however U.S. military officials have previously stated that U.S. soldiers from the Texas-based 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division — the unit already designated as the U.S. contribution to the NATO Reaction Force — could be deployed to the region.

CG-66 Hue City caught fire during fast response to the Med. Should be replaced by other ship.
CG-66 Hue City 1991- (Mayport) 2013.07.03 returned after deployment 2014.04.14 Norfolk after fire

CG-72 Vella Gulf ended newly Joint Warrior together with destroyers and subs. On way to Baltic Sea?

Several NATO countries are interested to send several aircraft. Many are already on way.

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