The Italian Air Force is going to patrol the skies of the Baltics using F-35 fighters from May

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The Lithuanian military bulletin published an interview with an Italian military pilot who commanded aviation unit for the implementation of tasks in the Republic of Lithuania. This is Colonel Daniele Donati.

Italian pilots on a rotational basis of the so-called NATO Air Police participate in patrolling the airspace of the Baltic States. The base of the Italian Air Force in Lithuania is the airfield in the Siauliai region.



In an interview with Lithuanian journalists, the colonel of the Italian Air Force said that "I am grateful to Lithuania for the opportunity to practice flight skills in unusual conditions."

From an interview with D. Donati:

The Lithuanian climate is special. It gives us the opportunity to test our capabilities in unfamiliar conditions. Therefore, our flight crew receives new training, becomes more flexible to operate in different climatic zones. We can make better use of the available military equipment and equipment. I am grateful to Lithuania for the lessons and opportunities provided.



According to the colonel of the Italian Air Force, military cooperation between Italy and Lithuania "will only get stronger."

The Ministry of Defense of Lithuania reports that Italian pilots are going to patrol the airspace of the Baltic states from May using fifth generation F-35 fighters. Earlier in NATO, many military men spoke out for the fact that the "NATO air police" should not use these aircraft on the eastern borders of the alliance. Experts explained this by the fact that NATO may fear the discovery of the F-35 by the Russian S-400 Triumph air defense systems located in the Kaliningrad region.

Italy is a member of the F-35 fighter program, collaborating with the American manufacturer of these next-generation fighters.

How many F-35 planes the Italians are going to use for patrolling in the skies of the Baltic States has not yet been reported.
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  1. +3
    April 24 2021 09: 30
    Resorts are cheaper than in Italy.
    And the situation with COVID is not the same.
    1. +1
      April 24 2021 09: 37
      Italian pilots on a rotational basis of the so-called NATO Air Police participate in patrolling the airspace of the Baltic States.

      That's just WHY, I'm afraid they themselves will not answer.
      1. +3
        April 24 2021 09: 41
        "NATO air police"
        Is there enough space for them to take off? feel
        1. +4
          April 24 2021 10: 24
          We are writing about the F-35, and why did they stick a photo of the Eurofighter?
          1. +5
            April 24 2021 11: 22
            Quote: NIKNN
            We are writing about the F-35, and why did they stick a photo of the Eurofighter?

            They are now on the Eurofighters, and since May on the penguins.
            The Italians are working on helping with the covid. wink
            Siauliai, at a glance. Let's touch the penguins ... laughing
            what , will the take-off time be lost?
            1. +4
              April 24 2021 12: 07
              hang with lenses .. fuck you understand .. Stas, hello hi
              1. +2
                April 24 2021 13: 09
                Hi Roman! hi
                Quote: novel xnumx
                hang with lenses .. fuck you understand ..

                From Kaliningrad to Shauliai 256 km. From the border ~ 100 km. There is not much to fly there ... So, the lenses will not help either.
                1. 0
                  April 24 2021 16: 22
                  The Turks are crying. bully
          2. +3
            April 24 2021 12: 08
            Kolya hi ! and the article about aircraft carriers UDC was in the photo ... okay ..
            1. +2
              April 24 2021 13: 21
              Roma hi Lenses will hang and the combat mode of avionics will not be included, this is unambiguous. I think that it is necessary, it has been known for a long time, it makes no sense to advertise it simply. And the radar portrait is probably embedded in our systems, it may not be very accurate (maybe even during the first flights from space, well, this is speculation), but sufficient for identification and guidance of weapons.
        2. +4
          April 24 2021 10: 36
          Is there enough space for them to take off? feel

          If only there was enough room to fall ... laughing
        3. +3
          April 24 2021 12: 10
          take off towards the sea - quite ... Volodya hi
      2. 0
        April 24 2021 10: 53
        Quote: Mitroha
        That's just WHY, I'm afraid they themselves will not answer.

        Let them fly, spin, and the radars will show what is visible and when!
      3. 0
        April 24 2021 11: 11
        That's just WHY, I'm afraid they themselves will not answer.


        It is clear why, they are studying the future theater of military operations, remembering the location of important objects in the depths of Russia that will be attacked in the future.
    2. +1
      April 24 2021 10: 35
      You are not at all aware of the campaign. Resorts here are more expensive, well, certainly not cheaper, and with COVID, it’s getting worse right now :)
    3. 0
      April 24 2021 13: 30
      A resort is a resort, and Tribaltians are just for hot guys from the Mediterranean - they are hot girls there, but here they will cool down ...
  2. +4
    April 24 2021 09: 31
    They will fly with Luneberg lenses and shine on radars like Christmas trees
    1. +1
      April 24 2021 09: 38
      Quote: Shishkov
      They will fly with Luneberg lenses and shine on radars like Christmas trees

      In fact of the matter! It's a pity ... There is a suspicion that the Turks were thrown out of the F 35 program because they could REALLY check the "Invisible" with the "Triumph". And expose (inadvertently) this scam worth hundreds of billions.
      1. -8
        April 24 2021 09: 53
        It's already good to write these mantras about the scams of the century, they got it already as children.
        What normal supplier of new weapons would like to have their secret performance characteristics checked on the weapons of a potential enemy? This is the whole point, to hide the real EPR, in order to catch the enemy by surprise in cases of turmoil. And for a second, suppose that suddenly his EPR is really so small that from 400 V to it is only from 50 km.
        1. +2
          April 24 2021 10: 25
          Quote: TARS_117
          It's good to write these mantras about the scams of the century, they got it as children

          Dear adult ... What do you know about the real EPR and other characteristics of combat aircraft?
          Where did you study physics? How do absorbent coatings work? Why are VHF radio waves “all the same” about the characteristics of this coating, and even about the shape of the reflective surfaces of the aircraft?
          And most importantly - it is worth "invisible" to turn on YOUR radar, as it immediately becomes "visible" at a very long distance. Therefore, he remains invisible when he has external support, and the flow of information from AWACS, ground stations and everything that is possible. And if the mess is serious, AWACS are either shot down, or are sitting on the ground, in order to avoid ... Communication lines clog with interference ... We'll have to use our radar to understand where who is ... As an option.
          1. -2
            April 24 2021 11: 32
            That is why Russia has washed down the Su-57 using stealth technology. Why didn't you tell about the waves of the "dead range" of the OKB Sukhoi? Money would have been saved for the country, but this is how the cut turns out. And yes, the way urapatriotic subscribers justify in their own direction, that they hayat in the opposite - you can read endlessly.
            1. -1
              April 24 2021 19: 15
              Are there many VHF radars in NATO? And the stealth Su-57 is just against the onboard radars of the F-35, etc.
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            2. +1
              April 24 2021 21: 40
              Quote: TARS_117
              And yes, the way urapatriotic subscribers justify in their own way that they hayat in the opposite way - you can read endlessly.

              Well, yes, as ours - a valiant scout, but if not ours - a vile spy. lol
      2. +3
        April 24 2021 10: 01
        Quote: Mountain Shooter
        Quote: Shishkov
        They will fly with Luneberg lenses and shine on radars like Christmas trees

        In fact of the matter! It's a pity ... There is a suspicion that the Turks were thrown out of the F 35 program because they could REALLY check the "Invisible" with the "Triumph". And expose (inadvertently) this scam worth hundreds of billions.

        Greetings!
        hi
        But imagine how many opportunities there are for Boshirov and Petrov! After all, they will sneak, sleep the technicians, under their guise they will go to the airfield, twist the lenses from the Penguins and they will go flying without them, so that the insidious Russians take the data! And of course, there will be a discrepancy again, at the airport itself the recordings will be erased from the cameras, but these bunglers will forget about the city, city surveillance cameras !!!
        So it will be, Hiley Lakley! laughing
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  4. -1
    April 24 2021 09: 37
    Taste sprats with liqueur
    1. +5
      April 24 2021 12: 12
      with balm, do not confuse
      1. -1
        April 24 2021 12: 36
        Quote: novel xnumx
        with balm, do not confuse

        Exactly! hi
  5. 0
    April 24 2021 09: 43
    There were not enough graves for pasta on the banks of the Don ?! fool
    Let's add at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. negative
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    2. -1
      April 24 2021 10: 38
      Don't worry, this puddle that you call the Baltic Sea is so disgusting for us who know the Mediterranean that we will never finish. Only alcoholics with cirrhosis of the liver drown in this mucus, good only for sludge for the treatment of rheumatism.
      1. +1
        April 24 2021 13: 09
        Quote: Decimalegio
        Only alcoholics with cirrhosis of the liver drown in this mucus, good only for sludge for the treatment of rheumatism.

        Are your Air Force pilots "cirrhosis alcoholics"? How did you bring your army to such a degree of degradation ??? belay
        1. -2
          April 24 2021 14: 29
          I know the stereotypes that revolve on this forum, so if you don’t know, I will explain, we Italians, pasta eaters and all the other clichés. Now I will explain the stereotypes about you, Russian alcoholics, devoid of a sense of humor, with the exception of drunks who despise democracy only because they are taught from childhood that, like children, who commands them, there must be a strong person who brandishes bread and vodka in the front and a stick. behind. The drowning alcoholic is you. That's all.
          1. +2
            April 24 2021 15: 02
            Quote: Decimalegio
            I know the stereotypes that revolve on this forum, so if you don’t know, I will explain, we Italians, pasta eaters and all the other clichés.

            what are you trying to say? that the one who uses stereotypes is a stupid nonentity? you are very self-critical! hi
            in your attempts to throw your poop in the Russians, you got so carried away that you risk being smeared with your feces entirely wink
            do you have anything to say other than insults? for example try to explain what the Italian military aviation is doing at the Russian border? look at the map where is Italy and where is Russia.

            PS
            Quote: Decimalegio
            The drowning alcoholic is you. That's all.

            maybe you are not aware, but on this forum it is not customary to write insults to opponents. they are banned for it. here decent people communicate, and those who do not know how to formulate their thoughts in a civilized manner, without insults, are sent to the ban.
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            2. -2
              April 24 2021 15: 18
              Aside from mutual stereotypes, I'm glad you think the same way as I do. 1) The Baltic Sea and a puddle 2) It is dangerous to swim while drunk
              1. +1
                April 24 2021 16: 14
                Quote: Decimalegio
                Baltic sea and puddle 2) drunk swimming is dangerous

                given environmental problems, the Atlantic Ocean risks turning into a stinking puddle in which not only drunk but also sober it will be dangerous to swim sad
            3. -3
              April 24 2021 15: 26
              If I'm on this forum, it's not to poop on Russians. In the weapons section, I found people more competent than me and as passionate as I am. Then I made the mistake of reading the news and opinions section. I'm sorry, I must avoid reading these two sections, they are just nonsense and propaganda. Weapon section no. However, Russia starts after the border. And I did not ask what the troops concentrated on the border with Ukraine were doing. In fact, they were in Russia
              1. +2
                April 24 2021 16: 11
                Quote: Decimalegio
                If I'm on this forum, it's not to poop on Russians. In the weapons section, I found people more competent than me and as passionate as I am.

                I can also recommend the History section for you.
                in the News and Opinions sections, they gather to fight on political topics. you, as a sane person, should understand that politics is closely related to throwing poop wink the main thing is to feel the boundaries of what is permissible.
                if you want an intellectual conversation, then welcome to the Armament and History branches. if you need to blow off steam, or get an idea of ​​the attitude of Russians to current political events, then visit News, Opinions and Analytics.
                in my opinion, a wide range of pleasures and freedom of speech wink
                if you can defend your opinion reasonably and logically, then you will be a respected person here! good
                Quote: Decimalegio
                However, Russia starts after the border. And I did not ask what the troops concentrated on the border with Ukraine were doing. In fact, they were in Russia

                the example you described raises a smile. I am glad that you understand that it is strange to accuse some country of manipulating its waxes on its own territory. hi
                but not everything is so harmless and stupid ... Ukraine has been lying to everyone for 7 years that it is at war with Russia (!!!) belay , Czech Republic tells how Petrov and Bashirov blew up an ammunition depot in the Czech Republic ...
                Tell me, do they still believe in this nonsense in Italy?
  6. +2
    April 24 2021 09: 49
    The enemy is an occupier with weapons on Soviet territory. Isn't it time to raise the question of the legality of the secession from the USSR of these republics and others, too, as people think?
    1. 0
      April 24 2021 10: 25
      Quote: Herman 4223
      The enemy is an occupier with weapons on Soviet territory. Isn't it time to raise the question of the legality of the secession from the USSR of these republics and others, too, as people think?

      Well, let's say it is illegal, but what next?
      1. +4
        April 24 2021 10: 39
        Then pick up Peter 1's checks for the purchase of the Baltic states, or as it was then called, and present the rights to the goods.
        1. +3
          April 24 2021 12: 11
          In addition, by the decision of the demanded, over 30 years of genocide of the local population (the fact of the loss of more than 30%) to declare the Nazi regimes inhuman and threatening humanity, with their forced elimination and reformation of the territories.
      2. +1
        April 24 2021 11: 10
        And then to return the illegally lost. Local authorities are turning into illegal separatists.
  7. +3
    April 24 2021 09: 53
    If the Italians decide and if they are allowed by the white leader with a yellow hare, then our air defense personnel will have a good chance to practice. Only all this is doubtful. Because of the Fu-35 and S-400 in Turkey, the Allies quarreled, and here they put their painted sack at the side of our crews.
    1. 0
      April 24 2021 09: 55
      Quote: Captive
      If the Italians decide and if they are allowed by the white leader with a yellow hare, then our air defense personnel will have a good chance to practice. Only all this is doubtful. Because of the Fu-35 and S-400 in Turkey, the Allies quarreled, and here they put their painted sack at the side of our crews.

      So your anti-aircraft gunners can be trained on Israeli F-35s. What is the problem?
      1. +1
        April 24 2021 10: 13
        Why do you need this?
      2. +1
        April 24 2021 11: 38
        Quote: Aaron Zawi

        So your anti-aircraft gunners can be trained on Israeli F-35s. What is the problem?
        The problem is in the lenses. No desire to fly without them? And Aaron?
        1. 0
          April 24 2021 12: 05
          Quote: sabakina
          Quote: Aaron Zawi

          So your anti-aircraft gunners can be trained on Israeli F-35s. What is the problem?
          The problem is in the lenses. No desire to fly without them? And Aaron?

          The Iranians say that we sometimes fly without them.
          1. +5
            April 24 2021 12: 08
            Quote: Aaron Zawi

            The Iranians say that we sometimes fly without them.
            They say there is life after death. Can you confirm or deny?
            1. +2
              April 24 2021 12: 16
              Quote: sabakina
              Quote: Aaron Zawi

              The Iranians say that we sometimes fly without them.
              They say there is life after death. Can you confirm or deny?

              I can not.
              1. +3
                April 24 2021 12: 17
                Aron, neither can I. The main thing is to believe! And the rest will follow. wink
      3. -1
        April 26 2021 08: 25
        Be confident. They're probably training. Otherwise, yours would not have been shot from adjacent territories, but continued to violate the air borders of Syria. hi
    2. -1
      April 25 2021 21: 10
      I wonder why the Fu-35? request
  8. +8
    April 24 2021 10: 04
    Colonel of the Italian Air Force said that "I am grateful to Lithuania for the opportunity to practice flight skills in unusual conditions"

    They found each other ... winked
    Labuses are happy ... wink
    1. +3
      April 24 2021 12: 13
      Vasya! hi love at the seaside .. fantastic .. lol
      1. 0
        April 24 2021 12: 41
        Quote: novel xnumx
        Vasya! hi love at the seaside .. fantastic .. lol

        In "unusual conditions" any fantasy love lol

        Hello everyone love
        1. +4
          April 24 2021 12: 41
          lady, glad to see! love
        2. +3
          April 24 2021 12: 56
          The novel in the extreme knows a lot!
          Will arrange everything
          In a beautiful syllable ... wink hi
        3. +3
          April 24 2021 18: 07
          Quote: Clear
          Quote: novel xnumx
          love at the seaside .. fantastic ..
          In "unusual conditions" any love is fantastic ...

          Well, I don't know, I don't know, there girls with reduced social responsibility flock like flies to ..., not with the ladies to talk about it, where is the fantasy lol sheer self-interest
    2. +2
      April 24 2021 12: 45
      Quote: Mouse
      Colonel of the Italian Air Force said that "I am grateful to Lithuania for the opportunity to practice flight skills in unusual conditions"

      They found each other ... winked
      Labuses are happy ... wink

      They have a Lithuanian climate there, makes something more flexible ...
      hi
      1. +3
        April 24 2021 12: 49
        The ninth shaft is in the stern ... for not fig ...
        1. +2
          April 24 2021 13: 54
          Quote: Russia
          The ninth shaft is in the stern ... for not fig ...

          And "Iskander" in the liver winked

          All hi
    3. -1
      April 26 2021 01: 27
      Oh, you probably got the term from this picture. Do you support?
  9. +2
    April 24 2021 10: 11
    As I understand it, this is another "gratitude" for help in the fight against COVID-19. How sick of such mercy.
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  10. +1
    April 24 2021 10: 13
    I am grateful to Lithuania for the lessons and opportunities provided.
    It is understandable about practicing flights in other climatic conditions, but not quite about the lessons. What can Lithuanians teach Italian pilots? Losing missiles over their territory or making unauthorized launches, as was the case with the Spaniards in Estonia?
  11. HAM
    0
    April 24 2021 10: 16
    They are worn with these F-35s like a fool with a stupa ..... with the humidity that is in the Tribaltic, it will be difficult to talk about "invisibility", the coating will surely crumble .... they will wash over the paint.
    1. -2
      April 26 2021 03: 50
      Very soon, we will have similar problems with the combatant Su-57.
      Costs.
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  13. +2
    April 24 2021 10: 24
    And stupid Russia will send them battalions of RChBZ and doctors to Italy to fight the coronavirus ...
  14. 0
    April 24 2021 10: 34
    Well, finally. We will enlighten from and to, if we also have the courage to put us on a screwdriver disassembly. Where are Petrov and Boshirov, you have a business trip.
  15. +4
    April 24 2021 11: 01
    I wonder ... who got this stunning "news" for VO? Some frank fakes are already being published.
    The Italian Air Force, consisting of a flight of 4 Eurofighters under the command of Colonel Di Matteo, has been protecting the Baltic airspace from 8 September 2020.

    On April 30, 2021 (a week later) the mission ends and the Spanish Air Force is transferred to a shift.

  16. +1
    April 24 2021 11: 11
    Have the Italian Air Force forgotten how the flights in our side end for them?)
    1. -4
      April 24 2021 11: 29
      I hope Malaysia Airlines 17 (MH17 / MAS17) is not a classic example.
      1. +2
        April 24 2021 17: 28
        Quote: Decimalegio
        Malaysia Airlines 17 (MH17 / MAS17) is not a classic example.

        I'm embarrassed to ask, completely without banter, but is there evidence that MH17 was dumped in Tver?
  17. +3
    April 24 2021 11: 11
    The article is incorrect. AMI will remain in the Baltics until April 30, 2021, and then will be replaced by the Spaniards. Finally, there is no F35, but the Eurofighter Typhoon
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  19. Gar
    +1
    April 24 2021 11: 19
    Patrolling, your planes are clearly visible on our radars.
  20. 0
    April 24 2021 11: 33
    More precisely, they are going to patrol the sky of the Russian Federation.
    The skies of the Baltic States were patrolled by the Air Force of the Baltic Military District.
  21. 0
    April 24 2021 11: 38
    Do not do good, you will not get evil! Oh, the Italians, you repaid Russia in full, when EVERYONE turned away from you and closed the borders during a pandemic ...
    Russia is a generous soul, but for the time being .. negative
    1. 0
      April 24 2021 12: 40
      Quote: xorek
      Oh, the Italians, you paid Russia back in full, when EVERYONE turned away from you and closed the borders during a pandemic ...

      In fairness: Italy was helped not only by the Russian Federation, many countries, including the 404s, as they could and had the opportunity. For example, the 404th planes landed in Naples, delivering chemicals for processing.
      And the mission in Siauliai has been going on for a long time, the schedule has been drawn up ...
  22. 0
    April 24 2021 11: 39
    Do not do good, you will not get evil! Oh, the Italians, you repaid Russia in full, when EVERYONE turned away from you and closed the borders during a pandemic ...
    Russia is a generous soul, but for the time being .. negative
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  24. -1
    April 24 2021 14: 31
    The Italian Air Force is going to patrol the skies of the Baltics from May

    .. the most interesting alignment turns out!
    Russia not so long ago went to Italy to fight covid people risked, offers everyone the Sputnik-5 vaccine to everyone, without exception. We have all seen touching stories about this in almost all Russian media.
    And now, very little time passes, and we get mutual assistance back ... I think the Baltic states are so "suffering from the raids of enemy aircraft" that it became simply necessary to close its skies with advanced American technologies. Or is it not about the Baltics at all? )) ...
    Be that as it may, now the "invisible Chilintans" will trot along our borders "for free." There was such a feeling ... that our RCBZ troops in Italy were not saving the Italians, but the Russian real estate of Gazprom, etc., ... it looks like that now.
    1. +4
      April 24 2021 18: 33
      Why are you so
      Quote: International Observer
      the feeling was ... that our RChBZ troops in Italy were not rescuing Italians, but Russian real estate ... it looks like that now.

      After these events, I have repeatedly visited Bergamo - they remember and they do not care about the background.
      And the Baltic Air Policing mission in Siauliai has been operating for a long time and the schedule is known - no weather is made.
      I am sure that when the Russian Federation sent its specialists to help Italy / Lombardy / Bergamo - no one thought about their / Italian / obligations in the Tribaltic
    2. -2
      April 26 2021 03: 53
      Do not forget that Italy and the Baltic states are part of the same military alliance.
      The Italian Air Force is on patrol, then others will take over.
  25. -1
    April 25 2021 08: 16
    And this is good.
    Let's take a closer look at the bird.
    1. -2
      April 26 2021 04: 00
      Must fly with Luneberg lenses.
      And no one really hides the maneuverable characteristics.
      They are worthy.
      https://youtu.be/MJLoW1ClNE0
  26. -1
    4 May 2021 11: 45
    Quote: Synoid
    And this is good.
    Let's take a closer look at the bird.

    Quote: 3danimal
    Must fly with Luneberg lenses.
    And no one really hides the maneuverable characteristics.
    They are worthy.
    https://youtu.be/MJLoW1ClNE0

    Well, and their rockets, too, are dummies.

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