On 30 September the 22nd NATO-led Baltic Region Training Event (BRT XXII), training roughly 20 allied partner air assets, continues at the Lithuanian Air Force Base in Šiauliai.
The BRTE XXII involves the current rotations of the NATO Air Policing mission in the Baltic States: four Gripen JAS-39 fighter aircraft of the Hungarian Air Force operated from Šiauliai Air Base and four Eurofighter Typhoon jets of the German Air Forces operated from Amari Air Base in Estonia.
C-27J Spartan of the Lithuanian Air Force, and air assets from Poland, Norway, and NATO partner countries - Sweden and Finland, are training alongside NATO air policing fighter jets. The training aircraft are mid-air refuelled by a U.S. E-3A aircraft while a British Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) E-3D aircraft provides additional command and control.
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Photo credits: Antanas Gedrimas (Lithuanian Air Force Air Base)
