NATO may use Swedish airspace

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NATO may use Swedish airspace

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Swedish government decided during wednesday that NATO may use swedish airspace during a time specified period.
The decision is particulary NATO E-3A:s passing for Poland missions, and is provoced by Ukraine crisis.

http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article18807072.ab
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Re: NATO may use Swedish airspace

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The decision is considered unusual because the government typically only allow foreign military planes to pass on a few flyovers or in and out of a specific airport. The condition can be interpreted as support for Sweden's closest neighbors to the east who are in the EU.

NATO's AWACS planes (Airborne Warning & Control System) circles in an oval track during their searches, and can be in the air for eleven hours. NATO's fleet of these planes have recently mostly moved over Romania and the Black Sea to scout over Russia.

On the government's case list for the meeting termed the matter "access to Swedish territory of Luxembourg military government aircraft." As NATO planes registered in Luxembourg, it is formally a request from there.

DN have searched Defense Minister Karin Enstrom but without being able to get a comment. Today's decision is confirmed by the Press Secretary Sara Norrevik.

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