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A USAFE spokeswoman confirmed to Defense News that, under current plans, the deployed F-35s will not take part in Baltic-based NATO air-policing missions.\u00a0<br\/><br\/>On Monday,\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/news.err.ee\/591794\/f-35-lightning-ii-jets-to-arrive-in-estonia-on-tuesday\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Link: http:\/\/news.err.ee\/591794\/f-35-lightning-ii-jets-to-arrive-in-estonia-on-tuesday\">the Estonian public broadcaster ERR reported<\/a> that\u00a0an undisclosed number of F-35As were heading to the Estonian air base and, after landing, would be in the country for &#8220;several weeks&#8221; to conduct training flights with aircraft from the U.S. and allied militaries. <br\/><br\/> A spokesman for the Air Force had previously declined to confirm the deployment or F-35s&#8217; movements to Defense News until after the jets landed.<br\/><br\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"F-35 Lightning II\" data-alignment=\"center\" data-object-id=\"0000015b-a58f-d478-afdb-f7ef6eed0000\" data-type=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/snagfilms-a.akamaihd.net\/ea\/58\/22408a704f6a93651c9af5b7f20f\/f-35-lightning-ii.jpg\"\/><figcaption> <span>A U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, is refueled by a 100th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker during a flight to Estonia on April 25, 2017. The F-35s are participating in their first-ever flying training deployment to Europe.<\/span><\/figcaption><figcaption> <span>Photo Credit: Senior Airman Christine Groening\/U.S. Air Force<\/span><\/figcaption><br\/> The Air Force\u2019s version of the joint strike fighter is in the throes of its first international training deployment. Eight F-35As from the active-duty 34th Fighter Squadron and Reserve 466th Fighter Squadron have deployed from Hill Air Force Base in Utah to RAF Lakenheath in England since April 15.\u00a0<br\/><br\/> The F-35\u2019s trip to Europe is being conducted under the auspices of the European Reassurance Initiative \u2014 the Defense Department\u2019s buzzword for a series of exercises and training opportunities with NATO allies meant to signal strength to Russia and improve interoperability.<br\/><br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The F-35\u2019s trip to Estonia came as a surprise to the public, and possibly to Russia as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a conference call last week with reporters, Air Force officials disclosed that the &#8220;A&#8221; model\u2019s first European deployment would take place predominantly in the United Kingdom, with exercises over U.K. airspace. However, officials noted that the service also planned several &#8220;out and back&#8221; flights to other NATO nations that would help familiarize pilots with the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c4mari Air Base is located in Harjumaa, a county in northwestern Estonia and about a three-hour drive from the Russian border. The base has hosted squadrons of aircraft from NATO countries as well as F-22s, which visited the base in 2015 while conducting patrols of the Baltic states\u2019 airspace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, Air Force officials said there were no plans for the aircraft to be involved in Baltic air-policing missions meant to safeguard the skies above Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia. 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