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04-28-2016, 05:18 AM
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US F-22s land in Lithuania
SIAULIAI AIR BASE, Lithuania: Two of the US Air Force’s most advanced jets landed in Lithuania for the first time on Wednesday in a show of force and support for a region worried by Russian military ma**euvres.
The Baltic states and Washington have been riled by acts by Russian warplanes in the region in recent weeks, including one making “simulated attack passes” near a US warship and a**ther passing within 50 feet of a US reconnaissance plane. The two US Air Force F-22 fighters landed in Romania earlier this week and F-22s last year visited Poland and Estonia, all counties concerned about Russian military ambitions. The jets spent 20 minutes making three low-flying passes with aerial acrobatics over Lithuania’s Siauliai air base before landing to be met by President Dalia Grybauskaite. “Without singling out any neighbour, I would like to say that ** one has any right to poke their **ses into here,” Grybauskaite told reporters. “This is a demonstration that the United States is ho**uring its commitments and is ready to protect our region with all the most modern measures.” Lithuania and its Baltic neighbours Estonia and Latvia are former parts of the Soviet Union which today are members of Nato. أكثر... 
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