Lithuania

Air Europe 

U.S. Approves Sale of Six UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters to Lithuania

July 6, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), Foreign Military Sales (FMS), Helicopter, Lithuania, Lithuanian Armed Forces, Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk, USA

The U.S. State Department has approved a possible sale of six UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters and related equipment to the

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Air Europe 

RAF Typhoons Scramble to Intercept Russian Aircraft off Baltic Coast Line

July 1, 2020July 1, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Baltic Air Policing, Baltic Sea, Eurofighter Typhoon, Ilyushin Il-78, Lithuania, Royal Air Force (RAF), Russia

Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets based in Lithuania have launched for the fifth time to intercept Russian aircraft off

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Europe Air/ Missile Defense 

Lithuanian Armed Forces Takes Delivery of NASAMS Air Defence System

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Air Defense System, Kongsberg, Lithuania, Lithuanian Air Force (LAF), Lithuanian Armed Forces, NASAMS

Lithuanian Armed Forces took delivery of its new NASAMS medium range air defence system manufactured by Norwegian company Kongsberg, the

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Naval Europe 

Lithuanian Navy Procures Decommissioned Royal Navy Minehunting Vessel HMS Quorn

May 4, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Defence Equipment Sales Authority (DESA), HMS Quorn (M41), Hunt-class MCMV, Lithuania, Lithuanian Navy, Mine-Countermeasure Vessel (MCMV), Royal Navy, UK

The UK Royal Navy’s decommissioned Hunt Class Mine Countermeasures Vessel (MCMV), the former HMS Quorn (M41), has been sold to

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Europe GeoPolitics/ Policy 

Belgian Air Force Hands Over Baltic Air Policing Mission to Spanish Air Force

May 3, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Baltic Air Policing, Belgian Air Force, Lithuania, NATO, Royal Air Force (RAF), Šiauliai Air Base, Spanish Air Force (SPAF)

Belgian Air Force handed over the NATO Baltic Air Policing Mission to the Spanish Air Force, with the Royal Air

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Air Europe 

RAF Typhoons Fly to Lithuania to Begin Latest NATO Baltic Air Policing Mission

April 30, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Baltic Air Policing, Eurofighter Typhoon, Fighter aircraft, Lithuania, NATO, No. 6 Squadron RAF, Operation AZOTIZE, RAF Lossiemouth, RAF No. 135 Expeditionary Air Wing, Royal Air Force (RAF), Šiauliai Air Base, UK

The Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets, based at RAF Lossiemouth, have left for Lithuania to begin the UK’s latest

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Misc Europe 

Spain, France, UK Take Up NATO Baltic Air Policing Mission

April 29, 2020April 29, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Baltic Air Policing, Estonia, France, Lithuania, Spain, UK

Spain, France and the United Kingdom will take up NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission starting in May, guarding the skies

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Naval Europe 

U.S. Navy Destroyer USS Donald Cook Conducts PASSEX with Lithuanian Navy Minesweeper LNS Kursis

April 27, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Baltic Sea, Lithuania, Lithuanian Navy, LNS Kursis (M54), Passage Exercise (PASSEX), U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS Donald Cook (DDG-75)

The U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) conducted a passing exercise (PASSEX) with Lithuanian Navy

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Deployments Europe 

Royal Air Force Augments NATO Baltic Air Policing in Lithuania

April 16, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Baltic Air Policing, Eurofighter Typhoon, Lithuania, NATO, Operation AZOTIZE, Royal Air Force (RAF), Šiauliai Air Base, UK

Returning to Siauliai Air Base after six years, the Royal Air Force will augment NATO’s peacetime mission here with a

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Europe Deployments 

Lithuanian Air Force Base at Šiauliai to Host 53rd NATO Detachment

April 15, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Baltic Air Policing, Lithuania, Lithuanian Air Force (LAF), NATO, Šiauliai Air Base

The 53rd rotation of NATO’s Baltic Air Policing fighter detachments from the Spanish and the Royal Air Force will be

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