Belgium joins Baltic Air Policing

THE BELGIAN Air Component took over responsibility for part of the Baltic Air Policing mission on September 1.Belgian F-16s are providing the augmenting force at Ämari air base in Estonia, while the lead role is being undertaken by US Air Force F-15Cs at Šiauliai air base in Lithuania. On the afternoon of September 5, the F-16s were scrambled by Combined Air Operations Centre Uedem, Germany, for the first time to respond to an air incident in international airspace over the