Four jets belonging AU Thyphoon England arrived in Lithuania to begin their mission . While four belonged to the French Rafale jet also arrived in Malbork , Poland .
British Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said the move was sending four fighter jets conducted to provide peace to NATO countries in eastern Europe and the Baltic .
" In the middle of the warming of the situation in Ukraine , then NATO should take steps to ensure the collective security commitment to all its members , " said Hammond .
Meanwhile , the French armed forces spokesman Colonel Gilles Nabors said as many as 70 French military personnel sent to Malbork to support the fighter jets the country.
Previously , British and French also have sent AWACS surveillance planes to patrol the airspace of Poland and Romania .
Baltic states of Latvia , Lithuania and Estonia , which break away from the Soviet Union in 1991 , joined NATO in 2004 . However , that small countries do not have sufficient means to monitor their airspace . So the NATO member states greater alternately help the three countries .
This month NATO announced that the organization will improve their defense in eastern Europe -related increase in the crisis between Ukraine and Russia after the annexation of the Crimea .
NATO has been increasing the number of air patrols and deploy warships in the Baltic Sea and the eastern Mediterranean .
While the United States has expressed segerap sent 600 soldiers airborne units to do the exercises in Poland , Latvia , Lithuania and Estonia , as a form of solidarity with NATO nations bordering Russia .
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