U.S. Air Force assumes lead of NATO Baltic Air Policing mission Air Force Lt. Col. Cody Blake, 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron detachment commander, accepts the key to NATO's Baltic air policing mission from Polish air force Lt. Col. Piotr Ostrouch during a handover ceremony at Šiauliai Air Base, Lithuania, Aug. 30, 2017. The 493rd EFS is slated to lead the Baltic air policing rotation through the year's end. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Matthew Plew SHARE IMAGE: Download Image: Full Size (0.94 MB) Tags: Atlantic Resolve, AIR FORCE, Airmen Photo By: Tech. Sgt. Matthew Plew VIRIN: 170830-F-QP712-0439.JPG Photo Gallery