Ämari Air Base

Ämari Air Base [note 1] (ICAO: EEEI) is a military airbase in Harjumaa, Estonia, located 7 km (4.3 mi) south of Lake Klooga and 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) southwest of Tallinn.

[2] Ämari Air Base was built between 1940–1952 under an agreement signed by the Estonian SSR and the Soviet Union.

In 1945, the USSR Ministry of Defense established a naval reserve airfield of its Baltic Fleet there, where the amphibious seaplanes of the 69th Long-Range Reconnaissance Regiment Catalina PBY-5A and the escort fighters Yak-9P began to be based.

[4] After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Russian Air Force continued to administer the base until it was handed over to Estonia in 1996.

[9] From April 2023, RAF Eurofighter Typhoon jets of IX Squadron were based at Ämari, as part of the Quick Reaction Force for Operation Azotize, Nato's Baltic Air Policing mission, replacing the Luftwaffe's Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 71 "Richthofen" squadron (Typhoon).

A-10's of the Michigan Air National Guard at Ämari Air Base in 2012.
Video: Three days after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, F-35s from RAF Lakenheath arrive at Ämari