Fighter jets of the U.S. air force F-22 Raptor left the base in Estonia

Nikolai Dashkevich. Two multirole fighter air Force USA F-22 Raptor landed on the last working day of the week at the home base of Amari, left the borders of Estonia and went to the airbase by Spangdahlem in Germany, said the Chief of staff of the defence Forces of the Republic.

Two fighter 5-th generation U.S. air force F-22 Raptor on the last working day of the week for the first time landed on the military base Amari near Tallinn. When the landing was accompanied by Two Fighter jets on military exercises in Estonia American attack aircraft A-10. Before landing, the planes for nearly hours flying over the cities and towns of Estonia.

in the Estonian military Ministry stressed that the purpose of the visit is to familiarize with the technical capabilities of the airbase and the demonstration of solidarity of NATO allies." Today's demonstration of the presence and solidarity is extremely important. In the current situation, security is an important signal, " said the head of the Ministry of defense Sven Mixer Estonian TV.

USA for the first time placed in the European Union multi-purpose Fighter F-22 Raptor in Accordance with the proposal on strengthening the security of its NATO allies, announced last year in connection with the situation around Ukraine. In late summer, together with four F-22 air force base and Spangdahlem arrived in Germany 60 soldiers from the 95th squadron of the U.S. air force. In the European Union F-22 will take part in a training flight and develop the cooperation with units of the air forces of other countries-members of NATO. The fighters belong to the 95th squadron of the U.S. air force, which is based on military-air base Tindal in Florida.
F-22 is the most expensive fighter in the world, its Price is estimated at 190 million dollars. The multipurpose fighter of the 5th generation F-22 Raptor was developed by Boeing and Lockheed Martin, and adopted by the U.S. air force in 2005. In the construction of aircraft technology was used, making it invisible to enemy radar. The first time it was used in combat during the operations against the " Islamic countries ".


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