The 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, belonging to the forty eighth Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, executes protected and customary intercepts whereas taking part within the NATO Baltic Air Policing mission. Intercepts are a daily prevalence, and U.S. Air Pressure pilots routinely conduct them in a protected {and professional} method. The U.S. Air Pressure will full its fifth rotation because the lead nation for Baltic Air Policing on Jan. 8, 2018.
[00:00] Video Courtesy of NATO TV / Luca Fazzuolli
U.S. Air Pressure F-15 pilots scramble throughout an train throughout the Baltic Regional Coaching Occasion at Šiauliai Air Base, Lithuania, April 1, 2014. U.S. Air Pressure pilots work side-by-side with European allies and companions coaching to satisfy future safety challenges.
[01:39] Video Courtesy of forty eighth Fighter Wing
U.S. Air Pressure F-15s from RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, intercept two Russian Navy SU-30 Flankers in worldwide airspace close to the Baltics, Nov. 23, 2017. The intercept was initiated as a result of the Russian plane didn’t broadcast the suitable codes required by air visitors management and had no flight plan on file. The U.S. Air Pressure deployed Airmen and plane from RAF Lakenheath to Šiauliai Air Base, Lithuania, for about 4 months to conduct the NATO peacetime air policing mission.
[02:01] Video Courtesy of forty eighth Fighter Wing
Two Russian Navy SU-30 Flankers are intercepted in worldwide airspace close to the Baltics, Dec. 13, 2017. The intercept was initiated as a result of the Russian plane didn’t broadcast the suitable codes required by air visitors management and had no flight plan on file. Pilots from the 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron executed the intercept professionally and operated in worldwide airspace in accordance with all related worldwide flight rules and security requirements.
[02:44] Video Courtesy of forty eighth Fighter Wing / Employees Sgt. Taylor West
Lt. Col. Cody Blake, 493rd Fighter Squadron commander, offers solutions to questions on intercepts and the Baltic Air Policing mission, Jan. 3, 2018.
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