1 year ago#B1Lancers flew non-stop strategic BTF Missions to the Baltic Region. The bombers departed Ellsworth AFB, flew the missions & returned with o landing showcasing bomber long-range capabilities. This is an example of how the B1 remains able to project conventional combat power
1 year agoU.S. B-1 bomber from Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota flies over Warsaw Monday escorted by Polish F-16s
1 year agoPolish Ministry of National Defense: Polish fighters are once again escorting the American B-1B bomber as part of the Bomber Task Force mission
1 year agoNordStream2 Akademik Czerski has a problem with reaching places specified as destinations. she did a "stop" on the high seas, 7 miles from the NS2 gas pipeline route
1 year agoLinas Linkevicius: Another coordination meeting with my Baltic brothers @edgarsrinkevics & @UrmasReinsalu on reopening internal Estonia-Lithuania-Latvia borders from May 15
Baltic states accuse Russia of falsifying World War II history Presidents of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia issue a joint statement
1 year agoPresident of Lithuania: As the world commemorates VEDay75 of WWII we must remember that the occupation of the Baltics lasted for decades after WWII. Independence was restored and the Soviet army left our countries only in the 1990s. Joint Statement by Estonia-Lithuania-Latvia Presidents
Quarantine extended in Lithuania until May 31
1 year agoTwo USAF B-1 Lancers from Ellsworth AFB, S.D., conducted a long-range strategic Bomber Task Force mission to the Baltic region May 5 where they intergrated with Danish F-16s
1 year agoRussian Su-27 intercepted by NATO F-16 near Estonia
1 year agoAs part of Spring Storm exercise, two US B-1 heavy bombers conducted joint training with Estonian, UK & Danish @NATO eFPBG troops – important to maintain military readiness also during the COVID19 pandemic.
1 year agoLithuania has donated to Spain medical supplies consisting of facial protection shields, medical gloves and disinfectant fluid to combat COVID19, as part of @NATO's Allied solidarity
1 year agoLithuania reports five new confirmed coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest number in the country in more than a month
1 year agoSpanish Air Force F-18 have landed yesterday on Lithuanian soil for #BalticAirPolicingMission
1 year agoAir-to-air refuelling over Poland: KC-135 (60-0324) and @NATO E-3A AWACS (LX-N90456). Photos: Andrzej Ciura
Presidents of Belarus and Lithuania Lukashenka and Nausėda had a phone call(1st in ten years). Discussed coronavirus, oil supply via Klaipeda port, Belarus Nuclear Power Plant, Eastern Partnership
1 year agoRRR7299 ZZ666 RAF Waddington based RC135W Rivet Joint ISTAR platform on Baltic intel-gathering mission, eyes on Kalinigrad Oblast. 1036z
A fake email announcing the withdrawal of NATO forces from Lithuania was sent to Lithuanian Defence Minister Defence Raimundas Karoblis
1 year agoU.S. destroyers conduct operations with NATO Allies in the Baltic and Black Seas.
1 year agoInterception by the Belgian F-16 fighter of two Russian fighters on the Baltic Sea performing provocative maneuvers over the USS Donald Cook. @BeAirForce
Polish F-16 aircraft and Finnish F-18 fighters conducted air-to-air combat training in Estonian airspace. Belgian F-16 and Swedish JAS-39 fighters conducted the same type of training over Lithuania. Re-tasked.to practice a low-level intercept
1 year ago#AlliedAirCommand released video footage of the @BeAirForce interception of a group of Russian Federation Air Force fighters above the Baltic Sea on April 17th
1 year agoThe @BeAirForce NATO Baltic Air Policing mission had a busy week protecting the integrity of the Alliance airspace in the Baltic region. F16 aircraft and crew performed 5 alpha scrambles. pilots intercepted, among others, SU24, SU27, TU134 and AN26. BAF
1 year ago#eFP integration exercise in Estonia
1 year ago0658 UTC: electronic reconnaissance mission near the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad for a RC135 of the US Air Force
1 year agoBig fire in Göteborg
Latvia reports first death of a COVID19 patient – health ministry
Sweden added 512 new COVID19 cases, bringing the total number of cases to 4947. It also added 59 new deaths, increasing the total number of deaths to 239
20 NATO soldiers deployed to Lithuania are infected with coronavirus. 2 had to be transported to the Netherlands for hospitalization. (Le Figaro)
Finland isolates the Uusimaa-region around Helsinki from the rest of the country until 19.4. All unnecessary traffic will be blocked, but people will be allowed to return to home. 1.7 Million people within the quarantine area
