February 23 brought the official unveiling of the first two UH-60M ‘Black Hawk’ helicopters ordered from the United States by Latvia. A special ceremony took place…
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Latvia took delivery December 11 of the first ‘Black Hawk’ military helicopters
Monday, December 12, 2022Latvia took delivery December 11 of the first ‘Black Hawk’ military helicopters its has ordered from the United States. Outgoing Defense Minister Artis Pabriks tweeted…
Life-saving helicopters require €6 million fixed costs per year
Monday, July 11, 2022No medical helicopters have been purchased as originally planned, since politicians do not agree to decided who pays pilot salaries and the high cost of…
Flights of combat helicopters will take place throughout the territory of Latvia
Monday, March 21, 2022“The purpose of the flights is to maintain the qualification of pilots, to get acquainted with the terrain of Latvia and to support the training…
The US to send troops, jets and helicopters to the Baltics
Wednesday, February 23, 2022The US president, Joe Biden, said on 22 February that he had authorised additional movement of US forces and equipment already stationed in Europe to…
DEFENDER-Europe 21 – defensive drills of offensive nature
By Jonas Dringelis on Friday, May 21, 2021Since 2014 the number of deployed troops in the Baltic region has been constantly increasing. NATO has found the good excuse “not to break” the…
Lithuania to sign contract for Black Hawk helicopters this week
Tuesday, November 10, 2020Lithuania is planning to buy four Black Hawk military helicopters under a contract to be signed with the United States this week, the Defence Ministry…
Lithuania buys Washington’s trust
By Vairis Godmanis on Monday, July 13, 2020Lithuania will purchase six UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters and associated equipment from the United States worth than $ 380 million. This was reported by the…
DSCA approves sale of 6 UH-60M to Lithuania
Friday, July 10, 2020The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Lithuania of six (6) UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters…
British AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat arrived in Estonia
Wednesday, October 30, 2019A United Kingdom AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat arrived at Ämari Air Base, west of Tallinn, on Tuesday, with three AgustaWestland WAH-64 Apache attack helicopters expected in…