Spanish Air Force F/A-18 Hornet Scramble. NATO Baltic Air Policing Mission.

The Spanish Air Force assumed command of NATO’s Baltic Air Policing Mission in early May. Since then, their detachment’s six F/A-18 Hornet fighters – augmented by Eurofighter Typhoons from the UK Royal Air Force and Dassault Mirage 2000 fighters from the French Air Force – have flown training sorties and interceptions over Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Air policing scrambles can be triggered when civilian or military aircraft flying over or near Allied air space fail to respond to air traffic controllers, or respect safe aviation norms. NATO has established air policing arrangements for Allies without their own fighter jets. NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission began in 2004, when Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania joined the Alliance.

Video footage includes shots of training scrambles flown by Spanish fighters, shots of French Mirage 2000 fighters and an interview with the detachment commander, Lieutenant Colonel JESÚS GUTIÉRREZ GALLEGO, fro the Spanish Air Force.

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Видео Spanish Air Force F/A-18 Hornet Scramble. NATO Baltic Air Policing Mission. канала Military Aviation TV