Current Title:	Valstybes Sienos Apsaugos Tarnyba
Title in English:	Lithuanian State Border Guard Service
Abbreviation:	SBGS

Narrative Summary:
More details to be added.

Key Dates:
8 November 1990		Frontier Guard Service created.
6 August 1992		FGS renamed State Border Guard Service.
18 July 1994		SBGS moved from Ministry of Defence to Ministy of the Interior and renamed Border Police Department.
1 May 2001		Border Police reorganised and renamed State Border Guard Service.

Current Status:
Lithuanian Border Guard helicopters are used primarily for border surveillance and law enforcement missions.

Future Plans:
No procurement plans known.

National Insignia:

Fin Flash
The main markings is a yellow/green/yellow diagonal stripe on the forward fuselage. The fin flash is displayed on the fin.

Aircraft Serial Numbering System(s):
Lithuanian Police helicopters and aircraft now carry civil registrations. The Kamovs initially carried a single digit number, prefixed by the letter H-, but this was later replaced by a two-digit number starting with a zero.

Unit/Base Aircraft Code System(s):
Coding system not used

Aircraft Designation System(s):
None - Manufacturers designations used

Current Aircraft Inventory:

Aircraft Type	Total Del'd	Total Now	Role	Origin
Eurocopter EC.120B	2	2	Policing	France
Eurocopter EC.135P2	2	2	Policing	Germany
Eurocopter EC.145	1	1	Policing	Germany

* on order.

All-Time Aircraft Used List:

Aircraft Type	Quantity	Service Entry	Retirement	Origin
Eurocopter EC.120B Colibri	2	2002	current	France
Eurocopter EC.135T2	2	2007	current	Germany
Eurocopter EC.145	1	2007	current	Germany
Kamov Ka-26	3	199?	2002	USSR

Aircraft NOT Used:
False reports of aircraft on order or in service - none known.

Main Headquarters:
Vilnius.

Current Organisational Structure:
All helicopters and aircraft are based at Paluknys.

Current Order of Battle:

Squadron	Type	Base
Border Guards Helicopter Squadron	EC.120, EC.135, EC.145	Paluknys

Historical Orders of Battle:
Not applicable.

All-Time Flying Units List:
Not applicable.

Current Air Bases:
All helicopters and aircraft are operated from Paluknys, near Vilnius.

All-Time Air Bases Used List:
Not applicable.

Books:

To be added

Magazines:

None known.

Websites:

Official Lithuanian Border Guard webpage