Italian Air Force Typhoons Escorted A U.S. B-1B Lancer Bomber During Mission Over Lithuania And Latvia
Italian Air Force Typhoons Escorted A U.S. B-1B Lancer Bomber During Mission Over Lithuania And Latvia
Italian Air Force Eurofighter escorting a U.S. Air Force B-1B during a mission over the Baltic on Mar. 3, 2021. (Image credit: ItAF via NATO)
The Italian Eurofighter Typhoons supporting NATO’s Baltic Air Policing integrated with one of the U.S. B-1B Lancer bombers deployed to Norway.
On March 3, 2021, two U.S. B-1B Lancer bombers from the 7th Bomb Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, currently deployed to Orland, Norway, as part of Bomber Task Force 21, launched a mission in areas “including the international airspace of the North and Baltic Seas.”