Air Force

Since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, tension with the West has been high, affecting eastern Ukraine, Syria and hot spots across the former Soviet sphere. Less overtly, Moscow has been working to protect areas vital to Russian interests by raising the stakes of U.S. operations there.

Around 80 fishermen were saved by the Lithuanian Naval Rescue Service on Sunday morning after ice began to move in the Curonian Lagoon near the Ventė horn and fishermen became trapped on floating ice sheets.

A new dormitory will be built at the Air Force Aviation Base in Šiauliai to house foreign soldiers on short stays during redeployment, exercises and for the NATO air policing mission.

Three new Eurocopter helicopters, purchased by the Lithuanian Air Force, are to be put into use patrolling and performing rescuing operations.

В Сирии почти 30 мирных жителей погибли после удара авиации по городу Дума рядом с Дамаском. Правозащитники считают, что удар могли нанести ВКС России либо самолеты армии Башара Асада.

The Baltic air policing mission was "a very good experience" for Italian pilots, Chief of Defence of Italy General Claudio Graziano said in Vilnius on Tuesday.

On September 29-30, the Lithuanian Air Force Base in Šiauliai is hosting the 22nd NATO-led Baltic Region Training Event (BRT XXII).

Constructions of military infrastructure necessary for installation of new long-range radars and contracted for by the Lithuanian Armed Forces begins in the 1st (Antaversis village, Prienai district) and the 3rd (Degučiai village, Šilutė district) radiolocation posts of the Lithuanian Air Force, Lit...

Lithuania's Defence Minister Juozas Olekas has expressed hope that Hungary will continue the practice of sending rotational troops to trainings in Lithuania.

Troops of the Hungarian Air Forces are taking over NATO's Baltic air-policing mission for the first time, with an official contingent changeover ceremony involving Lithuanian and the Hungarian defence ministers planned at the Lithuanian Aviation Base in Šiauliai on Monday.

Six ice detectors used in aircraft are missing at the Lithuanian Air Force's Air Base in the northern city of Šiauliai. They are a source of radiation, the Ministry of National Defence said on Tuesday.

The Lithuanian Air Force Aviation Base in Šiauliai is on Monday hosting a ceremony of changeover of its commander – Colonel Vidmantas Raklevičius will be replaced by Lieutenant Colonel Marius Matulaitis.

Russian military inspectors visited Lithuania’s Gaižiūnai and Kazlų Rūda training areas on Thursday, finishing their two-day inspection of Lithuania's compliance to the agreements on munitions.

On 1 July, a US Air Force's C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft landed at Vilnius International Airport bringing 80 members of the Germany-based 4th Infantry Division's Mission Command Element (MCE) under the command of Brigadier General Michael Tarsa for combined training in Lithuania, the Mini...

Chief of the General Staff of the Portuguese Armed Forces General Artur Neves Pina Monteiro is arriving in Lithuania on Monday for an official visit at the invitation of Chief of Defence of Lithuania Lieutenant General Jonas Vytautas Žukas.

Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Commander of US European Command General Phillip Mark Breedlove is scheduled to come to Lithuania next week.

The first shipment of RBS70 air defence systems with night vision equipment, modernized at the Swedish producer SAAB Dynamics' plant, has reached Air Defence Battalion of the Lithuanian Air Forces.

Paratroopers of NATO forces landed above the Kaunas airport in Lithuania in early hours of Wednesday in an exercise to take over an airport seized by the enemy.