Force Report: All for Latvia!

Although it has no air combat capability, the aviation branch of the Latvian National Armed Forces is on its way to becoming fully standardised within NATO. Cristian Schrik interviewed the Latvian Air Force chief of staff, Lieutenant Colonel Jurijs Pļaviņš and the 1st Aviation Squadron commander, Major Imants Šnitko. Latvian Air Force ‘In association with…AIRFORCES Intelligence’ The four Mi-8MTV-1s are the most recent addition to the LAF fleet, arriving in December 1999, 2001, 2004 and 2005. All were extensively updated