VILNIUS, July 8 (Reuters) - NATO has agreed to upgrade its decades-old Baltic air policing mission into air defence, giving pilots ‌a wider mandate, including destroying "objects that pose a threat", ...

NATO has agreed to transform its long-running Baltic Air Policing mission into an air defence mission, giving Allied forces broader powers. Source: Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda following the ...

NATO fighter jets scrambled and Estonia activated ground-based air defenses early on September 1 after a drone crossed into ...

German Eurofighters have regularly operated from Amari, Estonia, on the Baltic Air Policing mission. Credit: Tony Osborne/Aviation Week NATO’s Baltic Air Policing (BAP) mission is to be upgraded to an ...

A NATO fighter jet patrolling the skies over the Baltic region made a split-second decision on August 14, 2026, that sent shockwaves through European defense circles. An Italian fighter jet operating ...

The Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35As are the first NATO fighter jets to deploy to the newly renovated Amari air base in Estonia, supporting the alliance’s combat air patrols along the eastern ...

Romanian F-16s deployed as part of the Baltic Air Policing shot down a rogue drone, possibly of Ukrainian origin, which entered Estonian airspace from Russia. The Estonian Defense Forces have ...

NATO have scrambled fighter jets to shoot down a drone that crossed into Latvian airspace close to its border with Russia. Airspace threats were declared in five border municipalities in the ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Two Romanian F‑16 fighter jets took off around 02:00 local time on the ...