Šiauliai Air Base

Coordinates: 55°53′38″N 023°23′41″E / 55.89389°N 23.39472°E / 55.89389; 23.39472

Šiauliai Air Base is a Lithuanian Air Force base located near Šiauliai. Since 2004, it has been one of the bases of the Baltic Air Policing mission.[1][2][3] It is connected to Šiauliai International Airport.

NATO presence

Members of NATO have taken turns rotating forces to the air base as part of the Baltic Air Policing mission, which has approximately 100 NATO support personnel assigned to the base.[4][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Lithuania (2017). "Lithuanian Defence System: Facts and Trends" (PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania. p. 10.
  2. ↑ Sytas, Andrius (April 27, 2016). "U.S. F-22s land in Lithuania in show of force amid Russia tensions". Reuters.
  3. ↑ "Denmark and Italy help secure Baltic Airspace". NATO. January 8, 2018.
  4. ↑ Mary N. Hampton; M. Donald Hancock (22 October 2015). The Baltic Security Puzzle: Regional Patterns of Democratization, Integration, and Authoritarianism. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 142. ISBN 978-1-4422-4853-3.
  5. ↑ Heather A. Conley; Jeffrey Rathke; Matthew Melino (9 February 2018). Enhanced Deterrence in the North: A 21st Century European Engagement Strategy. Center for Strategic & International Studies. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-4422-8050-2.
  6. ↑ Robert Czulda; Marek Madej (2015). Newcomers No More? Contemporary NATO and the Future of the Enlargement from the Perspective of “Post-Cold War” Members. Instytut Badań nad Stosunkami Międzynarodowymi. pp. 196–197. ISBN 978-83-62784-04-2.
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