[Jet Jaguar]

F-16 ping. Freepmail to be added or removed from the the list.

[Alter Kaker]

Food’s better at Aviano.

[GBA]

Make it so, so say we all.

[Truth29]

Why would Poland extend itself, fight to overcome internal opposition, and further piss off the Russians for a US led by Comrade Obama who couldn't be counted on even if there wasn't opposition?

[rfp1234]

This looks like a compensatory move, to make up for Bambi’s upcoming cave-in to Russia on Poland’s anti-missile shield.

[Krankor]

It’ll never happen because the Polish Prime minister wants to chop them in half and get two F-8s.

[magellan]

The F-16s moved to from Torrejon Air Base Spain to Aviano in the early 1990s when the leftist government of Spain basically threw the U.S. out. Aviano was never an optimum location for F-16s, but it was an ideal location to run the Air War over Serbia.

All of western Europe is a challenge for the U.S. Air Force. The air space is too crowded. Even in the 1960s USAFE fighters regularly deployed to Wheelus Air Base Libya for range training they could not get in Europe.

This paper was just looking at alternatives. I don't think it has anything against Italy other than the limits of operating a fighter wing in a region which has limited airspace and range support.