Posted on 03/09/2014 2:42:05 PM PDT by markomalley
The United States is sending a dozen F-16 fighter jets to Poland as a part of a training exercise, amid continuing tensions between Ukraine and Russia, the Polish defence ministry said on Sunday.
Three hundred US service personnel will also be sent to Poland as part of the exercise. The deployment will be completed by Thursday.
Chuck Hagel, the US Secretary of State for Defence, and his Polish counterpart Tomasz Siemoniak agreed the deployment during a phone call, according to a statement from the Polish ministry.
"The unit will be composed of 12 F-16 planes and will transport 300 soldiers," defence ministry spokesman Jacek Sonta told AFP.
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Southeast Asia circa 1964 redux.
Oooo, they’re going to have an air for the children... Isn’t that sweet?!
12 two-generation old fighter aircraft... wow. I am so very very incredibly NOT impressed.
Add in the six F-15s and tanker sent earlier and that just about constitutes half of our fighter force. Verrrry impressive.
Heard today:
“Our friends don’t trust us and our enemies don’t fear us.”
“That’s going to really make Putin quake in his boots.”
Ahhh, but he will say he must now move into those areas because of provocation by the US.
That will make Putin shake in his boots. Maybe he will send some bears and Migs to Cuba now.
“”The unit will be composed of 12 F-16 planes and will transport 300 soldiers”
“That’s going to really make Putin quake in his boots.”
Stupid US gesticulation. Putin is responding tit-for-tat.
Russia had begun large-scale air defense drills, some 280 miles east of the Ukrainian border; 3,500 troops and over 1,000 units of military hardware for about a month. The exercise will culminate with live-firing drills, involving S-300, Buk-M1 and other air defense systems. “It is for the first time that all air defense units from the district, including coastal defenses of the Northern Fleet, have gathered in one place,” said the district’s spokesman, Col. Oleg Kochetkov.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/03/08/russia-reportedly-seizes-ukrainian-military-base/
They’re gonna fly wing for the drones?
Need AWACS and 50 F-22’s!!!
Putin is probably sitting down with a plethora of accountants to see what this will cost. THAT will decide on the outcome--my best guess.
I wouldn't be surprised if THIS is Putin's purpose as well.
And I can't tell you how p****D off I am that he's in Florida snapping selfies.
A pointless gesture, really
“The unit will be composed of 12 F-16 planes and will transport 300 soldiers”
Aircrew, crew chiefs, specialists, weapons, support, debrief, production, fuels, sheet metal, metals tech, ammo, life support, and so on. That makes up pretty much all the “soldiers” who would be going on that deployment.
Its a great way to spend lots of money we don’t have.
They are going to put on a drag show
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