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The Baltic air-policing mission is a NATO air defence Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) in order to guard the airspace over the three Baltic states Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Since March 2004, when the Baltic States joined NATO, alliance nations have policed the airspace over the area on three-month rotation from Lithuania's First Air Base in Zokniai/Šiauliai International Airport, near the northern city of Šiauliai. Starting with the Turkish deployment, rotations changed to a four month basis.
Usual deployments consist of four fighter aircraft with between 50 and 100 support personnel.

Deployments

Date	Air Force	Aircraft	Reference
March 30 2004	Belgian Air Component	F-16AM Fighting Falcon
July 1 2004	Royal Danish Air Force	F-16AM Fighting Falcon
October 30 2004		Panavia Tornado F.3
January 1 2005	Royal Norwegian Air Force	F-16AM Fighting Falcon
March 30 2005	Royal Netherlands Air Force	F-16AM Fighting Falcon
June 30 2005	Luftwaffe	F-4F Phantom II
October 12 2005		F-16CJ Fighting Falcon	,
January 1 2006		MiG-29 Fulcrum
March 31 2006	Turkish Air Force	F-16C Fighting Falcon
August 1 2006	Spanish Air Force	Mirage F-1M	,
December 1 2006	Belgian Air Component	F-16AM Fighting Falcon
April 1 2007	French Air Force	Mirage 2000C
August 1 2007	Romanian Air Force	MiG-21 LanceR C
November 1 2007	Portuguese Air Force	F-16AM Fighting Falcon	,
December 16 2007	Royal Norwegian Air Force	F-16AM Fighting Falcon
March 15 2008		MiG-29 Fulcrum

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