Since the end of last year, four French Air and Space Force Rafales have been deployed in Lithuania as part of the Enhanced Air Policing mission. Frederic Lert examines the essential role they are fulfilling in strengthening NATO's defensive posture on its eastern flank against Russia. On a cold day in northern Lithuania, 'Burguy', a Rafale pilot and a Captain from the 30eme Escadre de Chasse (30th Fighter Wing), was being interviewed for a French television network. Inside the 'studio', a bungalow housing the detachment commander's office at Siauliai Air Base, the atmosphere was relaxed. Outside, the thermometer stood at-15℃ and the landscape was uniformly white, the result of the snowfall of the past few days.
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