since the full scale invasion of ukraine, nato s has been increasing its vigilance here in the baltics. come this way, let me show you the aircraft. so i m on state at the moment, so if the alarm goes, clearly, i ll run back in, get my flying jacket, and i ll be into the aircraft to scramble. wing commander leask is an raf typhoon pilot serving with naito in estonia. he s on standby with the quick reaction force. so here we ve got a typhoon aircraft. it is armed at the moment, so it s on state, we call it. the raf s nine squadron has just taken over this mission from germany s richthofen squadron. this is one of six raf typhoons based here at amari air base in estonia. it s part of nato s baltic air policing 0peration, flying regular patrols close to where nato s meets russia. the skies over the baltic sea are busy. it s mostly bordered by nato countries like estonia, latvia and lithuania.
the royal air force has taken over from germany in policing these skies where russian aircraft regularly probe the boundaries of nato territory. tensions there have increased since russia s invasion of ukraine last year. in the skies above estonia, the raf is helping patrol nato s eastern flank on the lookout for any russian incursions. since the full scale invasion of ukraine, nato s has been increasing its vigilance here in the baltics. come this way, let me show you the aircraft. so i m on state at the moment, so if the alarm goes, clearly, i ll run back in, get my flying jacket, and i ll be into the aircraft to scramble. wing commander leask is an raf typhoon pilot serving with naito in estonia. he s on standby with the quick reaction force. so here we ve got a typhoon aircraft. it is armed at the moment, so it s on state, we call it. the raf s nine squadron hasjust
typhoon pilot serving with naito in estonia. he s on standby with the quick reaction force. so here we ve got a typhoon aircraft. it is armed at the moment, so it s on state, we call it. the raf s nine squadron has just taken over this mission from germany s richthofen squadron. this is one of six raf typhoons based here at amari air base in estonia. it s part of nato s baltic air policing 0peration, flying regular patrols close to where nato s meets russia. the skies over the baltic sea are busy. it s mostly bordered by nato countries like estonia, latvia and lithuania. but you ve also got two major russian bases in st petersburg and in the russian exclave of kaliningrad. russian aircraft regularly fly between the two close to nato s airspace. a typical intercept is one where russian aircraft or more
in the skies above estonia, the raf is helping patrol nato s eastern flank on the lookout for any russian incursions. since the full scale invasion of ukraine, nato has been increasing its vigilance here in the baltics. come this way, let me show you the aircraft. so, i m on state at the moment, so if the alarm goes, clearly, i ll run back in, get my flying jacket, and i ll be into the aircraft to scramble. wing commander leask is an raf typhoon pilot serving with nato in estonia. he s on standby with the quick reaction force. so here, we ve got a typhoon aircraft. it s armed at the moment, so it s on state, we call it. the raf s nine squadron hasjust taken over this mission from germany s richthofen squadron. this is one of six raf typhoons based here at amari air base in estonia. it s part of nato s baltic air policing operation, flying regular patrols close to where nato s meets russia. the skies over the