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US deploys fighter jets to Poland, Lithuania (a massive force of 12 F-16s!!!)
AFP ^ | 3/9/2014

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Russia
KEYWORDS: crimeacrisis; f16; lawndart; lithuania; poland; russia; ukraine; ukrainecrisis; viktoryanukovich; yuliatymoshenko
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That's going to really make Putin quake in his boots.
1 posted on 03/09/2014 2:42:05 PM PDT by markomalley
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This is ridiculous.
2 posted on 03/09/2014 2:43:50 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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To: markomalley

Southeast Asia circa 1964 redux.


3 posted on 03/09/2014 2:45:13 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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Oooo, they’re going to have an air for the children... Isn’t that sweet?!


4 posted on 03/09/2014 2:48:18 PM PDT by Bulwinkle (Alec, a.k.a. Daffy Duck)
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To: markomalley

12 two-generation old fighter aircraft... wow. I am so very very incredibly NOT impressed.


5 posted on 03/09/2014 2:48:42 PM PDT by TheBattman (Isn't the lesser evil... still evil?)
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To: markomalley

Add in the six F-15s and tanker sent earlier and that just about constitutes half of our fighter force. Verrrry impressive.


6 posted on 03/09/2014 2:48:50 PM PDT by diogenes ghost
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To: markomalley

Heard today:

“Our friends don’t trust us and our enemies don’t fear us.”


7 posted on 03/09/2014 2:48:51 PM PDT by null and void ( Obama is Law-Less because Republican "leaders" are BALL-LESS!!)
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“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.


8 posted on 03/09/2014 2:50:02 PM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: SpaceBar

That will make Putin shake in his boots. Maybe he will send some bears and Migs to Cuba now.


9 posted on 03/09/2014 2:51:25 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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“”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/


10 posted on 03/09/2014 2:53:29 PM PDT by Marguerite (When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm even better)
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They’re gonna fly wing for the drones?


11 posted on 03/09/2014 2:55:05 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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Need AWACS and 50 F-22’s!!!


12 posted on 03/09/2014 2:55:31 PM PDT by tallyhoe
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SABER RATTLING!!

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.

13 posted on 03/09/2014 2:56:33 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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PITN: Russian Invasion of Ukraine, Part 1

PITN: Russian Invasion of Ukraine, Part 2

PITN: Russian Invasion of Ukraine, Part 3

14 posted on 03/09/2014 2:57:54 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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The U.S. DOES need some real, live threat, be it ever so planned and fruitless. Our forces have to stay ready, so what BETTER way than to rattle our own sabers...just to test the waters.

I wouldn't be surprised if THIS is Putin's purpose as well.

15 posted on 03/09/2014 2:58:06 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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Sure....give them targets. All you need is one nutsy Ukraine to set this off. Pretty stupid.

And I can't tell you how p****D off I am that he's in Florida snapping selfies.

16 posted on 03/09/2014 2:58:43 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: markomalley

A pointless gesture, really


17 posted on 03/09/2014 2:59:10 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: diogenes ghost

“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.


18 posted on 03/09/2014 2:59:40 PM PDT by Antihero101607
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Its a great way to spend lots of money we don’t have.


19 posted on 03/09/2014 3:00:28 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: markomalley

They are going to put on a drag show


20 posted on 03/09/2014 3:00:49 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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