Baltic Air Policing
Baltic Air Policing | |
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Location | |
Date | 30 March 2004 – present |
Executed by | NATO |
Outcome | Ongoing |
The Baltic air-policing mission is a NATO air defence Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) in order to guard the airspace over the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.[1]
Mission[]
Within the Alliance, preserving airspace integrity is conducted as a collective task jointly and collectively using fighter aircraft for Air Policing. Air policing is a purely defensive mission. Since the 1970s, NATO has established a comprehensive system of air surveillance and airspace management means, as well as Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) assets for intercepts (QRA(I)) provided by its member nations. By means of radar sites, remote data transmission, Control and Reporting Centres (CRCs) and Combined Air Operations Centres (CAOCs) the Alliance ensures constant surveillance and control of its assigned airspace 24 hours a day and 365 days a year. NATO exploits these facilities to react within seconds to air traffic incidents in the Allies’ airspace. This structure of weapon systems, control centres and procedures is referred to as the NATO Integrated Air Defence System (NATINADS). NATINADS has been and remains one cornerstone of Alliance solidarity and cohesion. The responsible Allied Air Headquarters are at Izmir, Turkey and Ramstein, Germany. The dividing line is the Alps. The Headquarters Allied Air Command Ramstein’s air area of responsibility is divided in two Air Policing Areas (APAs):
- APA 1 is controlled by the CAOC Finderup,[2] Denmark (deactivated in 2013);
- APA 2 is controlled by the CAOC Uedem, Germany.
NATO members without their own Air Policing assets are assisted by other NATO members. Luxembourg is covered by interceptors from Belgium, while Slovenia and Albania are covered by Italian and Greek aircraft.[3]
Since March 2004, when the Baltic States joined NATO, the 24/7 task of policing the airspace of the Baltic States was conducted on a three-month rotation from Lithuania's First Air Force Base in Zokniai/Šiauliai International Airport, near the northern city of Šiauliai, and starting 2014 at the Ämari Air Base in Harju County, Estonia. Starting with the Turkish deployment, rotations changed to a four-month basis. Usual deployments consist of four fighter aircraft with between 50 and 100 support personnel.
To ensure Air Policing performance is conducted in a safe and professional way, adequate training was and still is required, as NATO member nations deploy their assets to Šiauliai Air Base, Lithuania, on a rotational basis. To standardize training across nations, Headquarters Allied Air Command Ramstein introduced a series of training events formerly called Baltic Region Training Events, now referred to as Ramstein Alloy Home to capitalize on experienced aircrews deployed to Šiauliai and to offer superior training for Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian air forces and control facilities.[4] The three host nations contributed €2.2 million in 2011 to cover the deployment expenses and are supposed to contribute €3.5 million yearly by 2015. In 2012, the Alliance allocated €7 million for Šiauliai airfield modernisation from the Security Investment Programme.[5]
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Hungary performed the mission for the first time in 2015,[6] also Italy carried out the mission in January–April 2015,[7] with 14 members having participated in Baltic Air Policing so far.
In 2013, the Baltic patrol was called in when the Swedish Air Force was unable to respond to a simulated attack by Russian bombers against Stockholm.[8]
During the 2014 Crimean crisis, the U.S. Air Force deployed six F-15C Eagle fighter jets from US-run Lakenheath air base in eastern England to the Lithuanian Air Force Base near Šiauliai.[9][10] These aircraft will augment the present mission comprising four U.S. F-15C Eagle aircraft. The U.S. heightened its NATO presence to increase the strength of the Baltic Air Policing mission. Another two U.S. KC-135 aerial refuelling aircraft brought aircraft service personnel.[11] In May 2014, NATO established its second air base in Estonia's Ämari near Tallinn, beginning with a Danish deployment.[12] Additionally in May 2014, Polish Air Force units at Malbork Air Base were reinforced by the French Air Force[13][14]
According to a former staff of the National Defence University of Finland the Baltic air bases are untenable in a war scenario as they lack hardened aircraft shelters which makes them vulnerable to attack.[15] Also Russia operates long-range SAMs in Kaliningrad, Pskov and Leningrad Oblast, which might severely hamper or stop air operations from the area.[15]
Deployments[]
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30 March 2004 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [17][18] |
1 July 2004 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [19] |
30 October 2004 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [20][21] |
1 January 2005 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [22] |
30 March 2005 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [23] |
30 June 2005 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [24] |
12 October 2005 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [25] |
1 January 2006 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [26] |
31 March 2006 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [27] |
1 August 2006 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [27][28] |
1 December 2006 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [29] |
1 April 2007 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [30] |
1 August 2007 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [31] |
1 November 2007 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [32][33] |
16 December 2007 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [34] |
15 March 2008 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [35] |
30 June 2008 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [36] |
30 September 2008 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [37] |
2 January 2009 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [38] |
1 May 2009 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [39] |
1 September 2009 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [40] |
3 November 2009 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [41] |
4 January 2010 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [42] |
1 May 2010 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [43] |
1 September 2010 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [44] |
5 January 2011 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [41] |
28 April 2011 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [45][46] |
2 September 2011 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [47][48] |
4 January 2012 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [49][50] |
26 April 2012 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [51] |
1 September 2012 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [52] |
3 January 2013 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [53] |
30 April 2013 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [54][55] |
3 September 2013 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [56][57][58] |
3 January 2014 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [59] |
1 May 2014 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [60] |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [60] | |
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Ämari, Estonia. | [60] | |
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Malbork, Poland. | [60] | |
1 September 2014 | ![]() |
Portuguese Air Force | ![]() |
Šiauliai, Lithuania | [61] |
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Royal Canadian Air Force | ![]() |
Šiauliai, Lithuania | [61] | |
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Ämari, Estonia | [61] | |
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Malbork, Poland | [61] | |
1 January 2015 | ![]() |
Italian Air Force | ![]() |
Šiauliai, Lithuania | [62] |
2 January 2015 | ![]() |
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Ämari, Estonia | [63] |
5 January 2015 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [62] |
7 January 2015 | ![]() |
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Malbork, Poland | [64] |
1 May 2015 | ![]() |
Royal Norwegian Air Force | ![]() |
Šiauliai, Lithuania | [65] |
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Italian Air Force | ![]() |
Šiauliai, Lithuania | [65][66] | |
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Ämari, Estonia | [65] | |
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Malbork, Poland | [65] | |
25 August 2015 | ![]() |
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Ämari, Estonia | [67] |
31 August 2015 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [68] |
7 January 2016 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [69] |
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Ämari, Estonia | [69] | |
28 April 2016 | ![]() |
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Ämari, Estonia | [70] |
4 May 2016 | ![]() |
Portuguese Air Force | ![]() |
Šiauliai, Lithuania | [71] |
31 August 2016 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [72] |
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Ämari, Estonia | [73] | |
5 January 2017 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [74] |
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Ämari, Estonia | [75] | |
2 May 2017 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [76] |
3 May 2017 | ![]() |
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Ämari, Estonia | [77] |
30 August 2017 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [78] |
5 September 2017 | ![]() |
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Ämari, Estonia | [79] |
8 January 2018 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [80] |
10 January 2018 | ![]() |
Italian Air Force | ![]() |
Ämari, Estonia | [81] |
2 May 2018 | ![]() |
Portuguese Air Force | ![]() |
Šiauliai, Lithuania | [82] |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [82] | |
3 May 2018 | ![]() |
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Ämari, Estonia | [83] |
30 August 2018 | ![]() |
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Ämari, Estonia | [84] |
31 August 2018 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [85] |
3 January 2019 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [86][87] |
1 May 2019 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [88] |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [88] | |
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Ämari, Estonia | [88] | |
3 September 2019 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [89][90] |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [89][91] | |
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Ämari, Estonia | [89][92] | |
2 January 2020 | ![]() |
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Ämari, Estonia | [93][94] |
30 April 2020 | ![]() |
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Ämari, Estonia | [95][96] |
1 May 2020 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [97][98] |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [99][100] | |
15 July 2020 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [101] |
31 August 2020 | ![]() |
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Ämari, Estonia | [102][103] |
4 September 2020 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [104][105] |
30 April 2021 | ![]() |
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Ämari, Estonia | [106] |
30 April 2021 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [107] |
May 2021 | ![]() |
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Malbork, Poland | [108] |
31 August 2021 | ![]() |
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Šiauliai, Lithuania | [109] |
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Accidents[]
- 30 August 2011 – A French Mirage collided with Lithuanian trainer jet L-39, which crashed into a marsh. Both pilots ejected.[110]
- 29 April 2013 – A Danish F-16 landed in Tallinn after it suffered a bird strike, which caused minor engine damage.[111]
- 9 October 2015 – A German Eurofighter's right external tank dropped "while taxiing to the start position" on the taxiway in Ämari airbase, Estonia. The necessary torque of the tightening bolts "was not present".[112]
- 8 August 2018 – A Spanish Eurofighter accidentally launched an AMRAAM missile without a target while on patrol over Estonia. The missile was not confirmed to have self-destructed as designed.[113]
Gallery[]
United States air force F-15C Eagle near Vilnius (November 10, 2008)
Squadron of Belgian Air Component fighters F-16 Fighting Falcon
Royal Danish Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon near Vilnius (March 27, 2009)
French Mirage 2000s during a Baltic Air Policing deployment in 2010.
A German Luftwaffe McDonnell Douglas F-4F Phantom II landing at Zokniai airport (Lithuania, 4 January 2011).
Czech Saab Gripen fighters over the Curonian Spit while participating in the Baltic Air Policing mission in 2012.
A U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagle aircraft assigned to the 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron taxis to a runway March 18, 2014, as part of Baltic Air Policing in Šiauliai, Lithuania.
Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons during a Baltic Air Policing deployment (Lithuania, 15 March 2017)
See also[]
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- Headquarters Allied Air Command Ramstein - NATO Air Policing
- NATO AIRCOM Exercises
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- 21st-century Royal Air Force deployments
- Military projects of the Baltic states
- Military of Lithuania
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