Watch the Hungarian Air Force in action at Siauliai Air Base, #Lithuania 🇱🇹. They are the 50th detachment to execute @NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission since 2004 safeguarding Allied airspace. #WeAreNATO pic.twitter.com/KP9JABRB77
— SHAPE Public Affairs (@SHAPE_NATO) May 17, 2019
I was stopped by security at Šiauliai, a Soviet base now used by NATO. This turned into a really interesting conversation. The guard was surprised by my description of Vilnius as a small city — Vilnius is, after all, a very big city.