Fighter Diplomacy

... a permanent basis [12] . Ghosts of the Cold War scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net RAF Typhoon multi-role fighter aircraft have deployed to the former Soviet air base at Siauliai in central Lithuania for a four month deployment operating alongside the Polish Air Force to secure NATO airspace in the Baltic region The Ukrainian crisis has severely aggravated an already tense situation. In early March, the U.S. more than doubled the number of F-15C fighter jets on NATO air patrol missions in the Baltics from 4 to 10 fighters [13] . Frequent flights of Russian reconnaissance ...