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Hungary leads Baltic Air Policing The Hungarian Air Force is leading NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission from Lithuania, keeping the skies in the east safe and secure. Hungary took command of the mission from Spain in August 2022, deploying their JAS-39 Gripen fighter jets to Siauliai Air Base in Lithuania for the third time since 2015. From there, they have scrambled to investigate unidentified radar contacts, including Russian aircraft passing close to Allied airspace. Click here to download the b-roll. Footage includes pilots performing a training scramble, jets taking off, pilots inspecting their planes and an interview in Hungarian with the detachment commander, Lieutenant Colonel Attila Ványik.

Exercise Iron Wolf tests NATO troops in Lithuania One of Lithuania’s largest military exercises is underway, gathering nine NATO Allies, namely Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States, for intense training at Pabrade Training Ground from 17 to 30 October 2022. The exercise, which involves more than 3,500 troops, tests the ability of the Lithuanian Army’s Iron Wolf Brigade to carry out defensive operations and counter-attacks. NATO’s German-led multinational battlegroup based in Lithuania is participating, as is a US Army battalion assigned to Lithuania on a rotational basis. Click here to download the b-roll. Footage includes various shots of Belgian troops in armoured vehicles practising manoeuvres alongside German tanks, and Lithuanian troops. Interviews with the Lithuanian Chief of Defence, as well as German and Belgian Army officers.