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Baltic Air Policing Mission

15.11.2023

The Polish Armed Forces regularly devotes its jet fighters to NATOs Baltic Air Policing Mission. Polish aircrafts of various types conduct missions from Lithuanian Šiauliai to Estonian Amari. The main objective of the Air Policing mission, conducted in the airspace of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, is to patrol and prevent the violation of the airspace of the respective countries and to provide assistance to military and civilian aircraft in emergency situations occurring during the flight.

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The Baltic Air Policing (BAP) mission, as part of the military airspace surveillance of the Baltic States, is conducted on the basis of a rotational duty system performed by allied countries since 2004. 

As part of the 62st rotation of the NATO Forces, from November 15, 2023 to March 15, 2024, another change of PMC Orlik 12 stands guard over the Baltic skies.  Almost 150 Polish soldiers and military personnel are stationed at the air base in Amari, Lithuania.

The main tasks of the PMC (Polish Military Contingent) Orlik personnel include patrolling the airspace of the Baltic countries which do not have their own combat aviation, that is Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.

Soldiers are to perform combat duty tasks in the integrated NATO air defense system, identifying, if necessary, aircraft movement.

The commander of the Polish Military Contingent ORLIK 12 is Lt. Col. pil. Michał Zloch.

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