Since August 1, the Aeronautica Militare Italiana has deployed 4 Eurofighter Typhoon fighters at the Malbork Air Base, in Poland.<\/p>\n
The fighters belong to four different wings: the 4th, 36th, 37th and 51st Stormo.<\/strong> Their deployment in Poland is part of the Baltic Air Police (BAP) missions. <\/strong> organized by NATO to provide air defense to the Baltic republics (Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia), as these countries lack their own fighters. BAP mission fighters are deployed at three bases:<\/strong> the aforementioned Malbork, \u0160iauliai Air Base (Lithuania) and \u00c4mari Air Base (Estonia). The Malbork Air Base is located a short distance from the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad<\/strong>, which is the area of origin and destination of many Russian military returns that circulate in the area with their transponder turned off and without communicating a security plan. flight, violating international aviation laws, and sometimes making incursions into the airspace of neighboring nations.<\/p>\n The 41st Tactical Aviation Squadron of the Polish Air Force, equipped with MiG-29 fighters, is based in Malbork.<\/strong> Recently, these aircraft participated in a photo session with Italian Eurofighters and with F-16 of the 31st Tactical Air Base of the Polish Air Force in Krzesiny.<\/strong> The General Command of the Polish Armed Forces has shared a video with beautiful images of this formation flight:<\/p>\n
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