Danish F-16s will patrol the skies over the Baltic region

Air force fighter Denmark went on air policing in the Baltic region.the mission of the air police of NATO. This was reported by the commander of the air force of Lithuania Arnas, Gelazauskas, reports Lietuvos zinios.

“All four fighters have already landed on the airbase in Siauliai,” said commander of the air force of Lithuania Arnas, Gelazauskas.

Four Danish F-16 will replace the American fighters that patrolled the skies of the Baltic States from September of this year. The aircraft landed on Thursday at the Lithuanian air base šiauliai.

It is also said that the official ceremony of transfer of mission will be held on 8 January.

The North Atlantic Council decision, the air force of NATO in rotation to protect the airspace of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania from 29 March 2004 since the accession of the Baltic countries into the Alliance. At the 2012 summit in Chicago, the mission was extended indefinitely.

Apart from Lithuania, the aircraft based on the Estonian base of Amari.

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