Pilot Lt. Terry (surname withheld by the French military) inspects the wheels of a French Navy Atlantique 2 surveillance plane before its takeoff from Hamburg, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, on a NATO patrol over the Baltic Sea as part of the military's alliance "Baltic Sentry" mission to protect undersea cables and pipelines from sabotage. (AP Photo/John Leicester)The flight-deck crew aboard a French Navy Atlantique 2 surveillance plane monitor their cockpit instruments as the aircraft patrols Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, over the Baltic Sea as part of the NATO military alliance's "Baltic Sentry" mission to protect undersea cables and pipelines from sabotage. (AP Photo/John Leicester)Crew members aboard a French Navy Atlantique 2 surveillance plane patrolling Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, over the Baltic Sea as part of the NATO military alliance's "Baltic Sentry" mission to protect undersea cables and pipelines from sabotage watch one of the onboard monitors showing images from the aircraft's cameras of a ship navigating on the Baltic. (AP Photo/John Leicester)Crew members aboard a French Navy Atlantique 2 surveillance plane patrolling Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, over the Baltic Sea as part of the NATO military alliance's "Baltic Sentry" mission to protect undersea cables and pipelines from sabotage watch one of the onboard monitors showing images from the aircraft's cameras of a ship navigating on the Baltic. (AP Photo/John Leicester)Crew members aboard a French Navy Atlantique 2 surveillance plane watch one of the classified onboard monitors showing data and images from the aircraft's radars, cameras and other sensors as it patrols Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, over the Baltic Sea as part of the NATO military alliance's "Baltic Sentry" mission to protect undersea cables and pipelines from sabotage. (AP Photo/John Leicester)Crew members aboard a French Navy Atlantique 2 surveillance plane watch the onboard monitors showing data and images from the aircraft's radars, cameras and other sensors as it patrols Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, over the Baltic Sea as part of the NATO military alliance's "Baltic Sentry" mission to protect undersea cables and pipelines from sabotage. (AP Photo/John Leicester)Crew members aboard a French Navy Atlantique 2 surveillance plane take a break as the aircraft flies back to base in Lorient, France, at the tail end of a 15-hour mission on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, after patrolling over the Baltic Sea as part of the NATO military alliance's "Baltic Sentry" mission to protect undersea cables and pipelines from sabotage. (AP Photo/John Leicester)Crew members aboard a French Navy Atlantique 2 surveillance plane watch onboard monitors showing data and images from the aircraft's radars, cameras and other sensors as it patrols Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, over the Baltic Sea as part of the NATO military alliance's "Baltic Sentry" mission to protect undersea cables and pipelines from sabotage. (AP Photo/John Leicester)
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Pilot Lt. Terry (surname withheld by the French military) inspects the wheels of a French Navy Atlantique 2 surveillance plane before its takeoff from Hamburg, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, on a NATO patrol over the Baltic Sea as part of the military's alliance "Baltic Sentry" mission to protect undersea cables and pipelines from sabotage. (AP Photo/John Leicester)