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Thursday, March 24, 2011

Swedes join NATO Baltic air exercise

Jas-39 GripenSwedish fighter aircraft took part in a NATO led exercise over the Baltic states on Wednesday, marking a new level in the formally non-aligned country's ties with the military alliance.

JAS Gripen aircraft joined the exercise with other NATO members in the skies above the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

"For the first time ever, Swedish JAS-39 Gripen fighters trained together with NATO aircraft, enhancing the safety of the airspace of the Baltic," Estonian military spokesperson Lieutenant Commander Ingrid Muehling told AFP.

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