Two Italian Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighters were scrambled from Ämari Air Base in Estonia under NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission. The jets were part of Task Force Air – 32nd Wing and 6th Wing, ...

Italian F-35 fighters attached to NATO's air defense support mission in the Baltic states, along with Swedish and Finnish aircraft, were scrambled to intercept the Russian jets and warn them off.

Key Points and Summary – Europe is racing to rearm but running into a familiar problem: how smaller states can afford to ...

Wilson Beaver is a senior policy advisor in the Allison Center for National Security at The Heritage Foundation. David Lewis is a member of the Young Leaders Program at The Heritage Foundation. On the ...

Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian legislators said Thursday they have asked the U.S. Congress to uphold military support under the Baltic Security Initiative program, which the White House is due to ...

Baltic states agreed to cooperate on civil defence in May Contingency plans envisage mass population movements Designated routes and accommodation are part of the plans Russia denies any plan to ...

Hegseth’s announcement came during a “quadrilateral meeting” at the Defense Department with the defense ministers from each country: Estonia’s Hanno Pevkur, Latvia’s Andris Spruds, and Lithuania’s ...

Finland has completed a critical infrastructure investment ahead of the F-35A fighter jet deliveries that will begin at the end of 2026. The assembly and maintenance (MRO) facilities for the F135 ...

Reports indicate that the Italian Air Force expects the new pilot school to be up and running within the next year. Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto recently announced that his nation would ...