Hobby Master HA6623 Eurofighter EF-2000 Baltic Air Policing 30+89, Luftwaffe

Air Power Series - 1/72 Scale. Eurofighter EF-2000 "Baltic Air Policing" 30+89, Luftwaffe, Lagge, July 2022.

The Eurofighter Typhoon is a twin-engine multi-role fighter built by a European consortium made up of the UK, Germany, Spain and Italy. With 4 countries involved it is necessary to have what they call Tranches (similar to contracts) that are broken down into batches and blocks. The development of the Eurofighter began in 1983 with the prototype maiden flight of the Eurofighter taking place on March 27th, 1994.

The first fully equipped Tranche 2 Instrumented Production Aircraft (IPA7) took to the skies on January 16th, 2008. Baltic Air Policing is a NATO mission that began in 2004 when the three Baltic countries, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania joined NATO. These countries receive the Policing Action because they don't have the required air capabilities. Some NATO members rotate flying over these countries to protect the airspace from intrusions by Russia, especially since the 2014 Russian invasion of Crimea. The Baltic Air-Policing mission is purely defensive.

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