Italian Air Force take on Baltic policing role in Estonia

Eurofighters from Italy have been augmenting NATO’s Baltic Air Policing (BAP) mission. Operating from the Ämari Air Base in Estonia, Task Force Air 36th Wing is tasked with ensuring the integrity of the airspace over the skies of the three Baltic Republics under the control of NATO.

Operations Airforces 29 March 2018 1 Min Read

Task Force Air 36^th Wing comprises four aircraft drawn from two of the Italian Air Force’s Eurofighter Wings— the 36^th Wing in Gioia del Colle and 4^th Wing in Grosseto. The pilots and the support team, including maintainers and engineers, are instead drawn from all the three Eurofighter bases, including Trapani, base of the 37^th Wing.

Pictures: Giovanni Colla