U.S. Air Force Plans to Counter Russia by Upgrading Airbase in Romania
By
Paul Crespo
July 9, 2020
In addition to relocating some US forces from Germany to Poland, the US continues to develop its strategy to forward deploy military assets closer to Russia’s borders. As part of the Pentagon’s European Deterrence Initiative (EDI) – created in 2014 to counter Russian aggression and hybrid warfare – the US Air Force now plans to build a major air operations hub in Romania.
Southeastern Europe is becoming increasingly important in the US and NATO plans to counter Russia.
These moves will also put US forces closer to the Black Sea, where Russian military activity has been growing since its 2008 war with Georgia. NATO allies Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey all lie on the Black Sea, as do NATO ‘partner states’ Georgia and Ukraine. Russia also borders on the Black Sea.
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