Defending the Poland-Lithuania Border

Published: July 3, 2017, 1:05 p.m.

US air power, British troops and other NATO nations simulate coming to the aid of the Baltic States around the Suwalki Gap, if they were to be cut off from the rest of NATO. Troops from Poland, the UK, the US and other contributing nations took part in an air insertion from US Army Chinook helicopters in and around the Suwalki Gap, which is the border area between Lithuania and Poland. Footage of multinational troops boarding and inserting from Chinooks, taking part in skirmishes in open terrain in Lithuania. Interview with the Saber Strike 2017 Exercise Director, Major General Neal Loidolt (Minnesota National Guard).