July 25, 2025 Baltic States Pledge to Meet NATO's 5% GDP Military Target Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth held an enhanced honor cordon and quadrilateral meeting at the Pentagon, welcoming Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur, Latvian Defense Minister Andris Sprūds and Lithuanian Defense Minister Dovilė Šakalienė.
Oct. 26, 2023 Ohio’s 123rd Air Control Squadron Trains with NATO Allies Airmen assigned to the 178th Wing’s 123rd Air Control Squadron hosted a two-week combined training exercise with eight service members from NATO allies Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Hungary.
Aug. 3, 2023 Air Guard MQ-9 unit drops first-ever GPS/INS guided munition at Lithuanian range The Pennsylvania Air National Guard’s 111th Operations Group dropped the first-ever Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System-guided munition on May 15, 2023 at an air-to-ground training range in Kazlu Ruda, Lithuania.
June 8, 2023 Pennsylvania National Guard, Lithuanian Celebrate 30-year Partnership The Pennsylvania National Guard celebrated its 30-year military-to-military partnership with the Lithuanian Armed Forces as part of the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program during a ceremony at the Commonwealth Keystone Building June 6.
April 25, 2023 Guard Names State Partnership Program Partnerships of the Year Following a busy year with engagements in Europe, South America and stateside, the Pennsylvania-Lithuania and New York-Brazil partnerships were named the Department of Defense National Guard State Partnership Program partnerships of the year for 2022.
March 21, 2023 Pennsylvania Air Guard Hosts Lithuanian Air Force Leaders Strategic planning, capability sharing and future cooperation were the focus when leaders of the Lithuanian Air Force and the Pennsylvania Air National Guard’s 111th Attack Wing met at Biddle Air National Guard Base March 20.
Dec. 22, 2022 Readout of U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr.’s travel to Lithuania U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. traveled to Lithuania Dec. 20-21 and met with Lithuanian Chief of Defense Lt. Gen. Valdemaras Rupšys and Air Force Commander Col. Antanas Matutis.
Dec. 15, 2022 U.S.-Lithuanian Defense Leaders Consult at Pentagon Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III expressed gratitude for Lithuania's contributions to Ukraine self-defense and its support for U.S. rotational troops based in Lithuania during a meeting with the nation's defense minister.
Dec. 7, 2022 Lithuania’s Prime Minister Praises Pennsylvania Partnership The prime minister of Lithuania, Ingrida Šimonytė, called the partnership between the Pennsylvania National Guard and the Lithuanian Armed Forces a “true friendship” during a visit to Fort Indiantown Gap Dec. 5.
Nov. 18, 2022 Pennsylvania Partnerships Highlighted for Defense Attachés About 20 foreign military officers who serve as defense attachés for their countries toured Fort Indiantown Gap Nov. 16.