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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Feb 24, 2022, 02:36 PM Feb 2022

US moving fighter jets to Baltic Sea, Black Sea regions

The U.S. is moving six fighter jets to the Baltic regions and the Black Sea to support NATO's defense capabilities as Russia's invasion of Ukraine begins.

Six F-35 Lightning II aircraft assigned to the 34th Fighter Squadron operating from Spangdahlem Airbase in Germany were deployed to the region on Thursday to support NATO's air policing mission, the Air Force said in a statement.

The aircraft are part of the F-35 jets that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin repositioned to the region on Monday as part of a new repositioning of U.S. forces to the Baltics.

A senior defense official told reporters two of the F-35 jets will arrive in Estonia, two will arrive in Lithuania, and two will arrive in Romania.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-moving-fighter-jets-to-baltic-sea-black-sea-regions/ar-AAUg784

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