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Spain leads NATO Baltic Air Policing mission

Xinhua, January 27, 2016 Adjust font size:

Spain is leading the Baltic Air Policing mission for the first four months of 2016 based at Siauliai air base in Lithuania, with 130 Spanish Air Force personnel operating four Eurofighter Typhoon Jets, NATO said Wednesday.

The Spanish Air Force took lead nation responsibility on Jan. 7 and will complete their mission at the end of April.

This is the second deployment for Spanish Air Force jets to Siauliai after their last mission in 2006. Spain augmented the Baltic Air Policing mission at Amari airbase in Estonia from May to August in 2015. They work to ensure the Eurofighter Typhoon Jets which provide the NATO Quick Reaction Aircraft are maintained at readiness.

On their first scramble on Jan. 19, the Spanish Eurofighters were launched to intercept and escort a Russian aircraft over the Baltic Sea, NATO said in a press release.

NATO Baltic Air Policing missions have been carried out since 2004 with NATO Allies deploying their interceptors and staff in the Baltic States in a four-month rotation. Endit