> Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia do not have fighter aircraft to patrol their own airspace. As a result, NATO allies have provided air policing for the three Baltic states since they joined the alliance in 2004
is this true? they border russia and they literally don’t have any fighter jets ?
Temporary_County1838 on
Turkey is the country that they don’t help against terrorist PKK/YPG or Russia, the country they don’t sell new fighter jets or air defence systems. F-35s that paid for still didn’t delivered bc a non-Nato member(Israel) doesn’t approve.
icankillpenguins on
Well, Turkey is the only NATO country that ever shot down Russian jets, so…
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Initially reported by Bloomberg, but that article is paywalled:
[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-12/nato-asks-turkey-for-air-policing-warplanes-ahead-of-schedule](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-12/nato-asks-turkey-for-air-policing-warplanes-ahead-of-schedule)
> Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia do not have fighter aircraft to patrol their own airspace. As a result, NATO allies have provided air policing for the three Baltic states since they joined the alliance in 2004
is this true? they border russia and they literally don’t have any fighter jets ?
Turkey is the country that they don’t help against terrorist PKK/YPG or Russia, the country they don’t sell new fighter jets or air defence systems. F-35s that paid for still didn’t delivered bc a non-Nato member(Israel) doesn’t approve.
Well, Turkey is the only NATO country that ever shot down Russian jets, so…