VILNIUS (Sputnik) — The international drills Baltic Bikini 2016 are expected to be held in Lithuanian territorial waters in the Baltic Sea on August 1-5, the country's Defense Ministry said in a statement Wednesday.
"During the training exercise, air crew — pilots, on-board technicians, operators and military medics — will practice water survival [tactics], as well as learn how to escape from aircraft after an emergency landing on water. The aircraft crews' ability to use safety equipment will also be checked," the ministry said in a statement.
Over 100 servicemen from Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia are expected to participate in the drills, according to the statement.
The first Baltic Bikini exercise was held in Denmark in 1999 as part of a Baltic-Danish project. Since 2004, the Baltic states have organized the drill independently.
