Turkish air force secures NATO summit VIDEO

Turkish Air Force planes are involved in providing security for the participants of the NATO summit in Vilnius.

In order to ensure the security of the event in Lithuania, two planes of the Turkish Air Force – an early warning plane (HİK) and a KC-135R refuelling plane - are also involved, Caliber.Az reports, citing the Turkish National Defence Ministry on Twitter.

Cumhurbaşkanımız Sn. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’ın katıldığı Litvanya’nın Başkenti Vilnius’taki NATO Devlet ve Hükümet Başkanları Zirvesi’ne Millî Savunma Bakanı Yaşar Güler de iştirak ediyor.

Hava Kuvvetlerimize ait; bir adet Havadan Erken İhbar Uçağı (HİK) ile bir adet KC-135R… pic.twitter.com/K1bQZ6ETNc

— T.C. Millî Savunma Bakanlığı (@tcsavunma) July 11, 2023

The planes, deployed to the Gelsenkirchen base in Germany, will observe flights and refuel missions per NATO command instructions until the end of the event.

Türkiye is represented at the NATO summit by a delegation led by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and including Defence Minister Yaşar Güler, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Intelligence Chief Ibrahim Kalın and Head of the Liaison Directorate Fahrettin Altun.