NATO Is Having a Military Exercise. The U.S., Its Largest Member, Won’t Be There.

The operation, Steadfast Dart, comes as President Trump has been accused of undermining the alliance and will be watched ...

NATO fighter jets scrambled after Russian aircraft violated flight rules over Baltics last week

NATO aircraft assigned to the Alliance's Baltic Air Policing mission carried out one sortie last week to identify and escort a Russian warplane that violated flight rules.

NATO seeks early Turkish F-16 deployment for Baltic air patrols

NATO asked Turkey to deploy F-16 fighter jets to the Baltic Air Policing mission in 2026, advancing Ankara’s participation by several months, Bloomberg News reported Monday, citing people familiar ...

A NATO fighter wing showed up for front-line air patrols with drone defenses for the first time

A Spanish fighter wing that deployed to Lithuania for NATO air policing operations arrived on base with a counter-drone ...
UK Defence Journal

NATO jets intercept armed Russian bomber over Baltic

Swedish Air Force fighter jets were scrambled after Russian long-range aircraft approached NATO airspace during a patrol over ...
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Spain’sF-18 Baltic PatrolsArrive With a Ground Counter-Drone Shield Attached

There have been seventeen NATO allies who have rotated Baltic Air Policing since 2004, and one thing has been notably missing ...
The Aviationist on MSN

Italian Eurofighters Intercept Rare Russian Navy Be-200 Flying Boat Over the Baltic

The Russian Navy operates just a handful of multirole jet-powered amphibious flying boats. One was intercepted by the Italian Air Force F-2000s over the Baltic Sea. On Jan. 16, 2026, at 11.30LT, two ...

Why this NATO fighter wing says its American-made Hornets work well for front-line air patrols

Business Insider spoke with Spanish pilots who are deployed to Lithuania to contribute to NATO air policing missions.

Inside a NATO air base on Russia's doorstep, where fighter pilots on scramble alert have just 15 minutes to launch

Here's what it's like on an air base in Lithuania, on Russia's doorstep, where Spanish jets are deployed to support NATO air ...

Poland upgrades navy against Russia’s Baltic threat

Nato allies have also intercepted some ships from Russia’s so-called shadow fleet of oil and cargo ships that Moscow has used ...
The National Interest

NATO Intercepts Russia’s Secretive Tu-134 ‘Black Pearl’ Over the Baltics

Russian fighters are violating the airspace of Baltic nations with increasing frequency. A pair of Italian Eurofighter jets intercepted Russia’s “Black Pearl” aircraft earlier this month. According to ...