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Wednesday, October 01, 2014

NATO Air Forces Begin Exercises in Baltic Region

E-3D SentryAir forces of NATO and the alliance partners will conduct exercises on Tuesday and Wednesday, practicing techniques of airspace protection in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania with the headquarters of the drills located at Amari Air Base near Tallinn, the General Staff of Estonian Defense Forces stated.

The exercise will involve fighter pilots of Portuguese, German, Canadian and Dutch Air Forces, which are now patrolling in rotation the skies over the Baltic countries and Poland. Pilots from Finland and Sweden will also participate in the drills.

Air operations will be controlled by operators from Amari on the ground and by British Royal Air Force aircrew with the AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) system on board.

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