欧洲战斗机 EF-2000“台风”FGR4 | 20140603144613

2014年5月8日，英国皇家空军第3战斗机中队的“台风”FGR4 战斗机飞越立陶宛执行波罗的海空中警戒任务，英国皇家空军最后一次参加波罗的海空中警戒任务是在2004年，当时派出的是“狂风”F3 战斗轰炸机。波罗的海空中警戒任务是北约各加盟国轮调战机至波罗的海三国（爱沙尼亚、拉脱维亚、立陶宛）进行空防，此三国于2004年3月29日加入北约，但因为国家财政困难这三国并没有足够资源维持空中武力，造成此地成为北约在空防上的一个漏洞，为了填补空防缺口，自2004年3月30日起，北约各国空军以三个月为单位轮调一次，驻防于立陶宛希奥利艾机场，驻防数量为4架战斗机以及50到100名地勤人员，任务为对无法识别的飞机进行拦截。（Four Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4 aircraft have arrived at Siauliai Air Base, Lithuania to take part in the NATO Baltic Air Policing (BAP) mission.The deployment forms part of a series of measures taken by NATO to support and reassure its Eastern member states. BAP is a standing NATO task undertaken by rotations of typically four air defence fighter aircraft from contributing nations. It is a purely defensive mission. The RAF last participated in BAP in 2004/2005 with Tornado F3s.The RAF’s Typhoon is used to provide air policing within UK and Falkland Islands airspace as part of Quick Reaction Alert. A multi-role aircraft, it is capable of being deployed in the full spectrum of air operations, from air policing through to high intensity conflict.）