
RAF Leads 'Major' NATO Exercise In Lithuania
RAF Typhoons currently based in the country were also involved in training, known as Exercise Furious Wolf.
RAF Typhoons currently based in the country were also involved in training, known as Exercise Furious Wolf.
Alliance personnel will also host engagement events where the Estonian public can meet them and learn more about NATO.
Protests have been held following Alexander Lukashenko's victory in last week's presidential election.
The training was the first time a German Eurofighter detachment has been embedded within an operational RAF Expeditionary Air Wing.
An RAF Typhoon fighter jet conducted a flypast as part of the annual Klaipeda Sea Festival commemorations.
628 Signal Troop has been renamed 280 Signal Squadron in recognition of its high operational tempo.
They say the alliance needs a coherent policy on China, and to invest more in combatting non-conventional attacks by Russia.
French military personnel have been gifted a Double Gloucester cheese wheel to thank them for their work during the coronavirus crisis.
The US national anthem rang through the city on 4 July - American Independence Day.
Major James Fuller was decorated for his 12-month tour of duty while on exchange with the US Marine Corps.
The UK is among six NATO nations taking part in the exercise which involves around 2,000 military personnel.
The International Development Secretary welcomed the aid and military expertise as “the best of British”.
Norway has handed the command of the group to Lithuania in a remote ceremony to prevent the risk of coronavirus.
Throughout the week, RAF aircraft have been supporting NATO allies across the continent.
President Donald Trump also said the US is protecting Germany and accused the country of being "delinquent" in its payments to NATO.
Exercise Baltops 2020 is based around the Standing NATO Maritime Group 1.