- Baltic Air Policing
Infobox War
caption=
conflict=Baltic Air Policing
date=30 March 2004 - present
place=Lithuania ,Latvia andEstonia
result=OngoingThe Baltic air-policing mission is a
NATO air defence Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) in order to guard the airspace over the threeBaltic states Estonia ,Latvia andLithuania .Since March 2004, when the Baltic States joined NATO, alliance nations have policed the airspace over the area on three-month rotation from Lithuania's First Air Base in Zokniai/Šiauliai International Airport, near the northern city of
Šiauliai . Starting with the Turkish deployment, rotations changed to a four month basis.Usual deployments consist of four
fighter aircraft with between 50 and 100 support personnel.Deployments
References
* [http://home.scarlet.be/~jansensa/Three%20years%20of%20NATO%20Baltic%20Air%20Policing.htm Three years of NATO Baltic Air Policing]
External links
* [http://www.mod.gov.ee/?op=body&id=386 Estonian Ministry of Defence] Baltic Air Surveillance Network (BALTNET)
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.