{"id":3357,"date":"2019-10-25T00:34:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T21:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?p=3357"},"modified":"2024-02-25T01:11:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T22:11:56","slug":"special-forces-cessna-172rg-cutlass-for-lithuanian-air-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?p=3357","title":{"rendered":"Special Forces Cessna 172RG Cutlass for Lithuanian Air Force"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Cessna 172RG Cutlass RG II \u201877 Blue\u2019 is a recent addition to the Karin e? s oro paj e? gos (KOP, Lithuanian Air Force) order of battle.<\/strong><br><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"wp-image-3360\" style=\"width: 1024px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2019-10-Special-Forces-Cessna-172RG-Cutlass-for-Lithuanian-Air-Force.jpg\" alt=\"Special Forces Cessna 172RG Cutlass for Lithuanian Air Force\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2019-10-Special-Forces-Cessna-172RG-Cutlass-for-Lithuanian-Air-Force.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2019-10-Special-Forces-Cessna-172RG-Cutlass-for-Lithuanian-Air-Force-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2019-10-Special-Forces-Cessna-172RG-Cutlass-for-Lithuanian-Air-Force-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br><em>Lithuanian Air Force Cessna 172RG Cutlass RG II \u201877 Blue\u2019. (Photo by Laurent Heyligen)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As LY-AVR, the aircraft was formerly assigned to the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service, with which it had served since 2001 \u2013 it was this service\u2019s only fixedwing aircraft. According to local sources, the Cessna has been transferred to the air force to support the country\u2019s special forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Source: <\/strong>By Dave Allport \/ AirForces Monthly &#8211; October 2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Photo: <\/strong>Lithuanian Air Force Cessna 172RG Cutlass RG II \u201877 Blue\u2019. (Photo by Laurent Heyligen)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?cat=1688\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><em>Chloe Becker<\/em><\/a><\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.xairforces.net\/news.asp?newst=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">North East European \u00a9XAirForces News Editor<\/a> from Germany)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xairforces.net\/news_country.asp?id=177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Lithuania Aviation \u00a9XAirForces News<\/a><\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xairforces.net\/newsd_country.asp?newsid=3139&amp;id=177&amp;newst=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Special Forces Cessna 172RG Cutlass for Lithuanian Air Force<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cessna 172RG Cutlass RG II \u201877 Blue\u2019 is a recent addition to the Karin e? s oro paj e? gos (KOP, Lithuanian Air Force) order of battle. Lithuanian Air Force Cessna 172RG Cutlass RG&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,19,1688,174,1727,15,1,7,22,31,21,30,18,1673],"tags":[3495,327,3493,3494],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3357"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3357"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3363,"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3357\/revisions\/3363"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}