The three Baltic statesEstonia, Latvia and Lithuania the protection of its airspace has been provided by the member states in four-month rotations since joining NATO (Hungarian Air Force planes returned home from the region in November).
The German Luftwaffe led the air force deployed to the region from December to March, but it appears that, if only for a limited time, in the following period they will undertake another mission, this time in collaboration with the United Kingdom Air Force.
The RAF will send 300 soldiers to Estonia, where they are expected to be stationed until July.
Cover photo: British Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon fighter-bomber. Source: Getty Images