Turkey will deploy five F-16 fighter jets and 76 personnel to Estonia in August for NATO's air policing mission over the Baltic states, according to a Turkish announcement.
01 · THE DISPATCH
Turkey announced its deployment of five F-16 fighter jets and 76 personnel to Estonia in August, joining NATO's rotating air policing mission over the Baltic states. The mission patrols the airspace of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania as part of the alliance's collective defense posture. The deployment is a scheduled rotation of NATO forces.
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