Valdemaras Rupys, general, commander of the Lithuanian army. photo of Vladimir Ivanovs (V).
By the end of 2025, the Iauli Air Base will be able to host US F-35 fighter jets for NATO air police missions, says General Valdemaras Rupys, Commander of the Lithuanian Armed Forces.
Ok, we still need to do some homework so that we can receive the fifth-generation F-35 aircraft, V. Rupys told journalists in Iauliai on Thursday.
And I think we will do it by the end of 2025 and the newest aircraft will arrive there to carry out air policing, and maybe even air defense on the basis of the rotary model, added the commander of the Lithuanian army.
is the most advanced fighter in the world, able to secretly collect intelligence, strike deep into the front territory and participate in air combat.
This is what V. Rupys spoke at the iaulii commemorating the 20th anniversary of his membership in the Alliance. At the same time, the contingents of the NATO air police mission in Lithuania also change.
The symbolic Baltic airspace key will be handed over by the commanders of the Belgian and French air force contingents to the commanders of the Spanish and Portuguese air force contingents.
V. Rupys called the iauli aviation base the cornerstone, the leader in the Baltic countries.
Due to Russia’s war in Ukraine, the Baltic states have been calling for NATO to strengthen the air police mission for some time, the Alliance agreed on a rotating air defense model last year.
At the beginning of March, the then Minister of Intelligence, Arvydas Anuauskas, announced that the rotary air defense will start operating next year, and the Patriot air defense systems will be deployed in Lithuania. However, the minister did not name a specific date or deadline.
The first air police mission began to be carried out at the same time when Lithuania became a full member of NATO. March 29, 2004, 4:47 p.m. In the evening, the first F-16 fighter jets of the Royal Belgian Air Force landed at the Air Force base of the Lithuanian army.
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