
Two Raptors have arrived at Siauliai Air Base, in Lithuania.
According to the information released by the U.S. Embassy in Vilnius, (two) F-22 stealth fighter jets have deployed to Siauliai Air Base, on Apr. 27.
Supported by a KC-135R (“Quid 177”), the F-22s (MONGL01 and 02) landed at the main NATO BAP (Baltic Air Patrol) airbase in Lithuania.
The aircraft belong to the contingent of 12 Raptors from 95th FS from Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, currently deployed to Europe and it’s still not clear how long they will remain there.
On Apr. 25, two F-22s deployed to a Romanian airbase on the Black Sea coast for a quick visit.
#Lithuania welcomes F-22 Raptor Fighter jets! @usairforce @USNATO pic.twitter.com/UmT7opEL3x
— U.S. Embassy Vilnius (@USEmbVilnius) April 27, 2016
Interestingly, as noted by Interfax, the aircraft deployed more or less as an RC-135W from RAF Mildenhall carried out a routine (intelligence gathering) mission over the Baltic Sea using radio callsign “Abilo 71”.
USAF RC-135W 62-4131 ABILO71 just starting to route east for its 11 hour sortie in the Baltic pic.twitter.com/OA9BD9bkMz
— Mil Radar (@MIL_Radar) April 27, 2016
On April 14, a U.S. Air Force RC-135 flying a routine mission (in international airspace) over the Baltic Sea was intercepted by a Russian Su-27 that performed a barrel roll over the American electronic intelligence gathering aircraft.
Looks like an F-22 patrol is going to surprise and humiliate an Su patrol that’s bothering an R-135
Will be interesting seeing the Su-50 and F-22 in the same frame…
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I believe there has already been one incident, where a US drone was being tailed by an Iranian fighter, who got the surprise of its pilot’s life, when the F-22 told him to knock it off, and go home, from a position on his six. And rather than become a weapon’s test target, he did just that. But Iran claimed they shot down two or more invader aircraft, protecting their nation from attack once again.
Iran already captured at least 1 scan eagle drone – so america is known to violate their airspace – bring your troops home. 4 died in Niger.