Everything about Lithuanian Air Force totally explained
Lithuanian Air Force is the
aviation branch of the
Lithuanian armed forces. It has a personnel of more than 1000 people.
Baltic Air Policing
After Lithuania joined
NATO organization back in 2004, it's (alongside
Latvia's and
Estonia's)
air space is protected by NATO. NATO members provide 3 to 4
fighter aircraft, based in Lithuania, to police the
Baltic States’ airspace. The deployments rotate between NATO members (that started in March 2004 with Belgium Air Force
F-16s) and most NATO members that operate fighters have made a deployment to Lithuania.
Aircraft inventory
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Aero L-39 Albatros
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| trainer
| L-39C
L-39ZA
| 4
2
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Alenia C-27 Spartan
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| transport
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C-27J
| 3
| On order, the first was delivered 2006
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Antonov An-2 Colt
|
| transport
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An-2
| 4
| Used for paratrooper training
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Antonov An-26 Curl
|
| transport
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An-26
| 3
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Eurocopter Colibri
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| light utility helicopter
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EC120
| 2
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|
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Eurocopter EC 135
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| light utility helicopter
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EC135
| 3
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Let L-410 Turbolet
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| transport
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L-410T
| 2
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Mil Mi-8
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| transport helicopter
| Mi-8MTV/T/PS
| 3/5/1
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|
-
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Cessna 172
|
| liaison
|
C 172
| 1
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