Airspace Surveillance and Control Command ( Lithuania ) Airspace Surveillance and Control Command ( " hereafter " ASCC ) - is a branch of the Lithuanian Air Force responsible for surveillance and control the airspace of Lithuania . While implementing Resolution of the Parliament Republic of Lithuania concerning Principal Structure of the Lithuanian Armed Forces and Armed Forces ’ development plans , the Lithuanian military have expanded and increased defence capabilities . Therefore , the Air Surveillance and Control Command has also evolved . Presently , five radar posts have been established to monitor Lithuanian air space . ASCC cooperates with governmental enterprise " " Air Navigation " " , Governmental Board Security Service and other institution . History . Establishment . The protection of Lithuanian air space has always been a priority for the Lithuanian Armed Forces . When forming the new Armed Forces structure , steps were taken to design appropriate air defence system s . < br > In 1992 , the predecessor to the ASCC - " Radar Data Supply Department " was part of the " Aviation Service " under the command of Lt . Col . V . Pacevičius . On April 27 , 1992 , military personnel initiated the surveillance of the Lithuanian airspace in Vilnius Airport . That day marked the beginning of continuous Lithuanian air space monitoring and is considered to be the founding day of the Air Surveillance and Control Command . Name evolution . Before 1996 , Air Surveillance and Control Command was called the " Radar Support Section " . < br > From 1996 to 2000 , it was named the " Air Space Control Base " . < br > It took on its present name , the Air Surveillance and Control Command ( ASCC ) , from 2000 . Development . In autumn of 1992 , the Lithuanian government assigned the Aviation Service military posts in Karmėlava , Rokai , Juodkrantė , Nemirseta . Karmėlava served as the Lithuanian Air Forces ( LTAF ) Command Post with Maj . V . Sirtautas as the commander in charge . In May 1993 , the LTAF Post in Rokai began regular surveillance of the Lithuanian air space . < br > In 1995 the " National Air space Control and Defence Centre " was established within the Lithuanian Air Force Headquarters . Later the unit was named the " Airspace Control Centre " ( ACC ) . < br > In May 2005 new medium distance radars TRML - 3D / 32 were subjected into common radio locative information transmission system . Commanders . From 1996 , Col . A . Rimšelis served as the commander of the unit . < br > From December 2000 to September 2002 , the ASCC was headed by Lt Col E . Adomynas . < br > From September 2002 to July 2007 , the ASSC was headed by Lt . Col . M . Grigaliūnas . < br > From July 2007 to May 2011 , the ASSC was headed by Col . A . Jucius . < br > Col ltn . D . Kapusta succeeded him as the ASCC commander in December 2012 . Activity . Radar Posts . Currently there are seven stationary military radar posts in Lithuania ( six operational ) : Baltic States Air Surveillance System . The ASCC works closely with the Baltic States Air Surveillance System ( BALTNET ) . The appropriate legal documentation of the BALTNET project was developed , the Reciprocal Memorandum of Understanding concerning military personnel training was signed among Lithuanian , Estonian , Latvian , and Danish Ministries of Defence . Other countries contributed support , materials , and training to BALTNET , including : Regional Air Spaces Surveillance Co - ordination Centre . The Regional Air Spaces Surveillance Co - ordination Centre ( RASSCC ) , headquarters of the BALTNET project , was established in the LTAF Airspace Control Centre and has been fully functioning since early 2000 . < br > Military personnel from all the three Baltic States serve as air surveillance operators at the centre and rotate according to national timetables . The Commander of the centre is appointed for two years and represents one of the Baltic States . Presently , the Commander of the RASSCC is a Lithuanian representative while officers from Latvia and Estonia serve as deputy commanders . < br > RASCC personnel operate sophisticated computers and communication equipment . English is the official working language . Aircraft Command Unit . In March 2004 , according to accession to NATO , Aircraft command unit ( ACU ) , was placed in ASCC . Aircraft command equipment was bought and installed in ACU . The main task of ACU - co - ordination of rapid reaction crew ’ s actions in order to react to violations of Lithuanian , Latvian and Estonian air space or air space usage rules . Personnel from Norway , Belgium , Denmark , Germany , the Netherlands , Great Britain , Turkey , USA took the mission in ACU . Air Forces specialists from Norway and Germany are preparing Fighter command operators from Lithuania , Latvia and Estonia . Newly prepared operators will change colleagues from other NATO states in Baltic Air Policing mission . Equipment . Current . ASCC operational radars : Planned . The Lithuanian Armed Forces is going to buy two new long range radar systems which will change old obsolete soviet radar systems P - 37 and P - 18 . New equipment is going to enter service in 2014 - 2015 .