USS Truman aircraft join buildup of NATO air policing patrols over Eastern Europe
By Diana Stancy Correll
Mar 4, 04:56 PM
With the conflict in Ukraine not far away, fighter jets from the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman are conducting airborne patrols with NATO allied air forces in U.S. 6th Fleet.
NATO has nearly doubled the number of military jets on alert across Europe amid concerns that Russia’s reckless flying in international airspace could escalate alongside its war in Ukraine.
Strike Fighter Squadrons 11, 34, 81 and 211, and Electronic Attack Squadron 137, from embarked Carrier Air Wing 1 kicked off a variety of missions, including NATO enhanced air policing, to bolster the security alliance in late February, a 6th Fleet spokesperson told Navy Times. The airborne patrols commenced Feb. 24 and are ongoing.
These missions come on the heels of training that Carrier Air Wing 1 conducted with the Romanian air force, which hosted the U.S. aircrew and maintainers at Borcea-Fetesti Airfield from Feb. 8 to 15.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-navy/2022/03/04/uss-truman-aircraft-join-buildup-of-nato-air-policing-patrols-over-eastern-europe/
