American military aircraft on the move in Europe amid ongoing Ukraine crisis
by Jennifer H. Svan
• Stars and Stripes • February 10, 2022
The U.S. Air Force is sending eight F-15 Eagle fighter jets to Poland to bolster NATO defenses amid ongoing fears of a new Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The deployment coincides with the arrival of four B-52 Stratofortress aircraft at Britain’s RAF Fairford on Thursday, which U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa said is part of a long-planned and unrelated bomber rotation.
The fighter jets, which are assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath, England, were to arrive Thursday at Lask Air Base, Air Force officials said.
They’re slated to work alongside Polish and Danish F-16 jets already flying NATO air policing missions out of Siauliai Air Base in Lithuania, USAFE-AFAFRICA said.
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