Estonia

Air Deployments Europe 

Royal Air Force Typhoons Scrambled Twice in Two Days to Intercept Russian Military Aircraft

May 16, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Ämari Air Base, Baltic Air Policing, Estonia, Eurofighter Typhoon, Fighter aircraft, Ilyushin Il-22, Royal Air Force (RAF), Russia, Russian Armed Forces, Sukhoi Su-27, UK

Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets deployed in Estonia scramble twice in two days to intercept Russian military aircraft, RAF

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Air Deployments Europe 

Royal Air Force Typhoons Begin Estonian Air Policing Mission

May 5, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Ämari Air Base, Baltic Air Policing, Estonia, Eurofighter Typhoon, Fighter aircraft, Royal Air Force (RAF), UK

Royal Air Force fighter aircraft have begun a four-month NATO Air Policing mission in the Baltic region after replacing their

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Air Deployments Europe 

UK Deploys Apache Attack Helicopters to Estonia

April 19, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Attack helicopter, Boeing AH-64 Apache, British Army, British Army Air Corps (AAC), Estonia, NATO Enhanced Forward Presence (EFP), Operation CABRIT (UK), UK, Wattisham Airfield

UK has deployed its Apache attack helicopters to Estonia with the helicopters taking off from their base at Wattisham Flying

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Air Deployments Europe 

U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress Strategic Bombers Conduct Missions Across Europe

March 19, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Baltic Sea, Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Bomber Task Force (BTF), Estonia, Europe, Greece, Mediterranean Sea, Norwegian Sea, RAF Fairford, Strategic bomber, U.S. Air Force (USAF), UK, USA

Four U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers conducted flights from RAF Fairford, England, to several places in Europe on

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Europe Small Arms and Light Weapons 

Estonia to Procure More Than 16,000 Service Rifles from Lewis Machine & Tool Company

December 6, 2018December 7, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Assault rifle, Estonia, Estonian Army, Estonian Centre for Defence Investment (ECDI), Estonian Defence Forces, Lewis Machine & Tool Company (LMT)

Estonia will procure more than 16,000 service rifles from U.S. firearm manufacturer Lewis Machine & Tool Company (LMT) for the

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Air Europe 

German Typhoon Fighter Jets Intercept Four Russian Aircraft Over Baltic Sea

November 24, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Ämari Air Base, Antonov An-26, Baltic Air Policing, Baltic Sea, Estonia, Eurofighter Typhoon, Fighter aircraft, German Air Force (Luftwaffe ), Germany, Ilyushin Il-76, Mikoyan MiG-29, NATO, Russia, Russian Armed Forces

German Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft on duty with NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission scrambled three times from Ämari Air

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Europe Training & Simulation 

USAF’s 492nd Fighter Squadron Completes BAK-14 Certification, CAS Training with Estonian JTACs

November 6, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Ämari Air Base, BAK-14 Retractable Hook Cable Support System, Close Air Support (CAS), Estonia, Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC), U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

The U.S. Air Force 492nd Fighter Squadron successfully completed a BAK-14 certification and close air support training with Estonian Joint

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Air Europe 

Aerovironment Wins Contract to Supply RQ-20B Puma AE II Unmanned Aircraft System to Estonia

September 15, 2018September 15, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments AeroVironment, AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma, Estonia, Estonian Defence Forces, U.S. Army Contracting Command (ACC), Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV), USA

American technology company, Aerovironment Inc. was awarded a contract, worth around $9 million, for providing RQ-20B Puma AE II unmanned

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Air Deployments Europe 

Germany, Poland Conducts First Alert Scramble to Intercept Russian Aircraft Near NATO Airspace

September 7, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Baltic Air Policing, Estonia, Eurofighter Typhoon, Fighter aircraft, German Air Force (Luftwaffe ), Germany, Lithuania, Lockheed Martin F-16, NATO, Poland, Polish Air Force, Russia

Both Allied detachments in the Baltics, Germany and Poland, conducted their first alert scramble Sept. 5 performing visual identification of

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Air Europe 

Spanish Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon Aircraft Accidentally Fires Live Air-to-Air Missile While Over Estonia

August 7, 2018August 7, 2018 DP Press Releases 1 Comment AIM-120 AMRAAM, Air-to-air missile (AAM), Baltic Air Policing, Estonia, Eurofighter Typhoon, Fighter aircraft, NATO, Šiauliai Air Base, Spain, Spanish Air Force (SPAF)

A Spanish Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft accidentally fired a live air-to-air missile (AAM) over Estonian territory on August

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