Four RAF Typhoon jets head for Lithuania deployment

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Four RAF Typhoons will leave their base in Lincolnshire later for Lithuania to help carry out Nato's air policing role of the Baltic states.

The Typhoons and six Polish jets will take over from a US squadron to patrol the alliance's eastern flanks.

The long-standing rotation of Nato military jets in Lithuania has recently been stepped up in response to rising tensions with Russia over Ukrain
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