F-15Cs assigned from the 48th Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, U.K., deployed to Šiauliai Air Base, Lithuania, to assume lead of the NATO-led Baltic Air Policing mission on Aug. 30, 2017. The BAP mission started in April 2004 when the Baltic States joined NATO and has been executed by NATO nations continuously ever since. The U.S. has supported this NATO mission since 2005, with this...
Approximately 15 nations are scheduled to participate in the annual Baltic Operations Exercise (BALTOPS 22), the premier, maritime-focused exercise in the Baltic Region, June 5-17, 2022. As in previous iterations, maritime and air forces will work together to exercise medical evacuation, joint personnel recovery, air defense, maritime interdiction operations, anti-submarine warfare, mine...
The 52nd iteration of Baltic Operations 2023 (BALTOPS 23), NATO’s premier maritime-focused exercise in the Baltic Region, will take place June 4-16. NATO Allies and Partners will exercise a myriad of capabilities that demonstrate the inherent flexibility of maritime forces, including amphibious, gunnery, anti-submarine, and air defense operations, as well as mine clearance operations,...
Baltic Partnership Dive 2019 is an exercise focused on conducting improvised explosive device (IED) and maritime IED training in the Baltic Sea.
Media documenting missions carried out alongside our Baltic Allies.
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BALTOPS is an annually reoccurring multinational exercise designed to enhance flexibility and interoperability, as well as demonstrate resolve of allied and partner forces to defend the Baltic region.
Fifteen NATO and two partner nations will participate on the 44th iteration of the multinational maritime exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2016 in Estonia, Finland, Germany, Poland, Sweden, and throughout the Baltic Sea, June 3-19 2016. Approximately 6,100 maritime, ground, and air force troops from participating nations will demonstrate maritime interdiction, anti-submarine warfare,...
