Lithuania's Air Force

A Lithuanian army helicopter saved an injured Russian citizen from a tanker, Lithuania's Ministry of National Defense said.

Russian and Belarusian arms control specialists will perform an observation flight over Lithuania, Lithuania's Ministry of National Defense said on Tuesday.

Two Mi-8 helicopters of the Lithuanian Air Force have been helping to fight wildfires in Latvia and Sweden for the third week now, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

Three citizens of Lithuania have been detained in Lithuania since December on the suspicion of spying for Russia in return for financial remuneration, the law-enforcement said on Thursday.

The United States on Monday deployed a long-range air defense system Patriot, which is capable of downing missiles, in Lithuania for air defense drills to be held in July, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said.

The Lithuanian Air Force on Wednesday recorded a Lithuanian airspace violation by a civilian An-2 aircraft that twice crossed into the country's airspace from Belarus, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.

Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis has appointed Lieutenant Colonel Dainius Guzas as the new commander of the Lithuanian Air Force, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

Audronis Navickas, a former Lithuanian Air Force commander, says that "nobody was ever going" to send Russian-made Mi-8 helicopters, which are used in Lithuania for rescue and search operations, to Russia for an overhaul.

Lithuanian Defence Minister Raimundas Karoblis has dismissed Colonel Audronis Navickas, a former Air Force commander, from professional military service, the Defence Ministry said on Monday.

Lithuania's Air Forces should transfer to more modern Western helicopters from 2022, the Defence Resource Council decided last week.

Lithuania's Air Force Commander Colonel Audronis Navickas, who is about to be transferred to reserve, says that the information published by the Defence Ministry about his responsibility over helicopter repairs in Russia was misleading.

Lithuanian Defence Minister Raimundas Karoblis has decided that Air Force Commander Colonel Audronis Navickas, who was suspended several months ago due to an investigation, cannot return to his duties after the probe has been completed.