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Friday, May 01, 2015

Norway takes the lead in NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission

RNoAF F-16 Fighting FalconNorway will assume lead responsibility for NATO’s air policing mission over the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania on Friday (1 May 2015).

The United Kingdom will also rejoin the mission while Italy and Belgium will continue their participation.

A handover ceremony is taking place on Thursday (30 April 2015) at Šiauliai airbase in Lithuania, where Italy will formally transfer lead responsibility for the mission to Norway.

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