The airborne forces of Lithuania ( lit. Lietuvós karínės óro pájėgos ) is one of the types of armed forces of Lithuania .
| Lietuvós karínės óro pájėgos Lithuanian Air Force | |
|---|---|
 Lithuanian Air Force Emblem | |
| Years of existence | 1919 - 1940 since 1992 |
| A country |  Lithuania |
| Subordination | Ministry of Territory Protection |
| Included in | Lithuanian Armed Forces |
| Includes | |
| Dislocation | Šiauliai |
| Participation in | Lithuanian-Polish war 1918-20 Lithuanian-Soviet War 1918-20 |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | job vacancy |
Content
- 1 History
- 2 Structure
- 3 Base Points
- 4 Combat composition
- 5 Equipment and weapons
- 6 Identification marks and symbols
- 7 insignia
- 7.1 Generals and officers
- 7.2 Sergeants and privates
- 8 Gallery
- 9 notes
- 10 Links
- 11 See also
History
In 1991, Germany presented the Lithuanian army with two transport aircraft L-410 UVP [1] .
On January 23, 1992, an order was signed to create the Lithuanian air force. 1993 In February evening on Independence Day, the Chief of Staff of the Lithuanian Air Force Rolandas Banionis was shot in his apartment. The official version is suicide. However, according to another version, he did not allow to plunder the airfield near Šiauliai . In February 1993, four L-39C Albatros training aircraft were received from Kyrgyzstan.
In 1998, two L-39ZA Albatros aircraft were purchased in the Czech Republic [2] .
March 30, 2004 began patrolling the airspace of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia with NATO fighters ( Operation Baltic Air Policing ). As part of the operation, four tactical fighters (two duty couples) and a NATO aviation group (120 military personnel and civilian specialists) are constantly stationed at the Lithuanian airbase Zoknyai. The cost of the operation is $ 20 million per month [3] .
In 2006, a contract was signed with the Italian company Alenia Aeronautika for the supply of three military transport aircraft C-27J Spartan with a total value of 258.75 million litas, the first aircraft was received in December 2006, the second in early 2009 and the third in autumn 2009 year [4] . At the same time, payment under the contract was allowed to be made by installments until 2011.
On August 30, 2011, during exercises at the Zoknei military airbase, a Lithuanian air force L-39ZA aircraft collided with a French Mirage fighter and crashed near Lake Rekiva in Šiauliai Region. Both pilots successfully ejected [5] .
Structure
Lithuanian Air Force Headquarters , Kaunas
( lit. Lietuvos kariuomenės karinių oro pajėgų Štabas )
Lithuanian Air Force Base
( lit. Lietuvos kariuomenės karinių oro pajėgų Aviacijos bazė )
- Transport squadron
- Helicopter squadron
- Repair depot of equipment and weapons of the Lithuanian Air Force
( lit. Lietuvos kariuomenės karinių oro pajėgų Ginkluotės ir technikos remonto depas
Lithuanian Air Force Air Defense Battalion
( lit. Lietuvos kariuomenės karinių oro pajėgų Oro gynybos batalionas )
Air Force Monitoring and Control Division of the Lithuanian Air Force
( lit. Lietuvos kariuomenės karinių oro pajėgų Oro erdvės stebėjimo ir kontrolės valdyba )
Base Points
- Zokniai air base , Šiauliai
Battle
| Designation of the formation or part | Armament and equipment | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Lithuanian Air Force Headquarters | Kaunas | |
| Lithuanian Air Force Base | Šiauliai | |
| Repair depot of equipment and weapons of the Lithuanian Air Force | Šiauliai | |
| Lithuanian Air Force Air Defense Battalion | Mumaychay, Radvilišk district | |
| Air Force Monitoring and Control Division of the Lithuanian Air Force | Carmelava |
Equipment and weapons
| Name | Country of Origin | Photo | Type of | Modification | amount [6] [7] | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Training aircraft | ||||||
| L-39 Albatros | Czech | Training Light attack aircraft | L-39ZA | one | ||
| Transport aircraft | ||||||
| C-27 Spartan | Italy | Transport | C-27j | 3 | ||
| L-410 Turbolet | Czech | Transport | L-410UVP | 2 | ||
| Helicopters | ||||||
| Mi-8 | the USSR Russia | Multipurpose | Mi-8T Mi-8MTV-1 | 8 | ||
| AS.365 Dauphin | France | Multipurpose | AS365 N3 + | 3 [8] | ||
Identification marks and symbols
Lithuanian Air Force Identification Badge [9]
Insignia
Generals and officers
| Categories [10] | Generals | Senior officers | Junior officers | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lithuanian rank | Generolas leitenantas | Generolas majoras | Brigados generolas | Pulkininkas | Pulkininkas leitenantas | Majoras | Kapitonas | Vyresnysis leitenantas | Leitenantas |
| Russian conformity | Lieutenant general | Major general | no | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Senior lieutenant | Lieutenant |
Sergeants and Private
| Categories | Podofitsery | Sergeants and foremen | Soldiers | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lithuanian rank | Vyresnysis puskarininkis | Puskarininkis | Jaunesnysis puskarininkis | Viršila | Vyresnysis seržantas | Seržantas | Jaunesnysis seržantas | Grandinis | Eilinis |
| Russian conformity | Older ensign | Ensign | no | Foreman | Older sergeant | Sergeant | Jr sergeant | Corporal | Private |
Gallery
Lithuanian Air Force :
Notes
- ↑ Military aircraft repair worth 6 million litas aroused suspicion // DELFI.LT of March 23, 2012
- ↑ French and Lithuanian military aircraft collided in Lithuania // RIA Novosti on August 30, 2011
- ↑ O. Ignatiev. Operation "Air Patrol" NATO Allied Forces in Europe // "Foreign Military Review", No. 1 (790), 2013. p. 55-60
- ↑ Lithuania buys weapons on credit // Rosbalt dated September 30, 2009
- ↑ The recorder of a fighter crashed in Lithuania is damaged // RIA Novosti on September 1, 2011
- ↑ The International Institute For Strategic Studies IISS. The Military Balance 2014 .-- Nuffield Press, 2014 .-- S. 116. - 501 p. - ISBN 9781857435573 .
- ↑ WorldAirForce2014.p.-20
- ↑ Error in footnotes ? : Invalid
<ref>; ForWorld Air Forces 2016 pg. 23World Air Forces 2016 pg. 23text not specified - ↑ not applied to aircraft fuselage.
- ↑ Karinių oro pajėgų laipsniai