The Spanish Air Force will join a NATO mission, which is to be held in Estonia in April, aimed to strengthen the surveillance of Baltic airspace. Spanish Minister of Defence MarÃa Dolores de Cospedal paid a visit to the Base of Zaragoza on 19 January and discussed the details of the mission with the chief of Staff of the Air Force. NATO Baltic Air Policing missions are being covered by member countries in quarterly rotations. The Spanish Hornets has been scheduled to take over the mission from German Eurofighters.