Latvia to Spearhead Drone Coalition to Bolster Ukraine
The growing list of military aid to help shore up Ukraine’s air defenses comes as Russia vows to respond if NATO air bases are used by Ukrainian F-16s.
The growing list of military aid to help shore up Ukraine’s air defenses comes as Russia vows to respond if NATO air bases are used by Ukrainian F-16s.
he aircraft will be delivered to the air force in the coming year and is set to be based at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, to facilitate pilot and maintainer training.
The first of the E-7A surveillance aircraft is expected to be operational by 2031.
With no end in sight to the war between Russia and Ukraine, the latter hopes to churn out even more drones—and calls upon Western nations to do the same.
Four fighters and 120 Air Force personnel will operate out of Keflavik Air Base.
The move follows the damaging of a telecom cable connecting Sweden and Estonia.
Denmark and the Netherlands will also instruct fighter pilots, American Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced while attending a NATO defense ministers summit in Brussels.
The aircraft assigned to the 52nd Fighter Wing at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, will conduct air policing missions of NATO’s eastern flank.
The first of the Saab 340 aircraft unveiled during a ceremony in Sweden and is being touted as an asset that will reinforce territorial integrity.
The Lockheed Martin-manufactured jets will be permanently based at Skrydstrup Air Base, Denmark, making them the first of the Danes’ growing F-35 fleet based in their country.