Overview

• Two B-1B Lancers flew low over Riga’s Freedom Monument with two Hungarian and two Swedish JAS-39 Gripens on Aug. 19.
• NATO and Latvian officials described the maneuver as a visible show of allied presence, resolve and transatlantic unity on the eastern flank.
• The bombers arrived at Ørland Air Base, Norway, on Aug. 9 from Dyess Air Force Base as part of Bomber Task Force Europe, with three aircraft deployed though two executed the flypast.
• Aircrews are conducting integrated training with Norwegian and other allied forces, practicing the find, fix, track and target process to sharpen operations in contested airspace.
• Hungary is on its fourth Baltic Air Policing rotation from Šiauliai Air Base, with deployed Gripens on quick-reaction alert alongside Spanish Typhoon fighters.