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The French Mirages take to the air, on the Baltic side

A Mirage F1 from BA 118 wearing the colors of the BR11 squadron to celebrate its 100th anniversary (credit: Ministry of Defence)

(BRUSSELS2) Four Mirage F1 CR from Mont de Marsan base 118 landed on Friday (April 26) at the Lithuanian army airbase in Šiauliai, reports the Lithuanian Ministry of Defence. From April 30, they will take over aerial surveillance of the Baltic countries, thus taking over from Danish planes. The surveillance of the Baltic countries is, in fact, ensured in turn by member countries of NATO. This is the fourth time that the French have taken to the air... on the Baltic side.

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Nicolas Gros Verheyde

Chief editor of the B2 site. Graduated in European law from the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and listener to the 65th session of the IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale. Journalist since 1989, founded B2 - Bruxelles2 in 2008. EU/NATO correspondent in Brussels for Sud-Ouest (previously West-France and France-Soir).

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