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Operation Azotize is the Royal Air Force's name for its roulement on the Baltic Air Policing mission, part of a NATO mission to provide air support to the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Since 2004, the RAF have deployed aircraft and one of its Expeditionary Air Wings seven times (up until 2023) in support of the NATO mission as Operation Azotize.

Background
The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, joined NATO in 2004. However, they were unable to provide sufficient air support to defend their airspace, so other nations from the NATO alliance have been providing a detachment of interceptor aircraft to aid in protecting and securing the airspace around their borders.