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Author: Jan-Peter
Reuters
WARSAW, Feb 10 (Reuters) – American F-15 jets landed at a Polish air base on Thursday, Warsaw’s defence minister said, as NATO beefs up the military presence on its eastern flank amid tensions over a standoff between Ukraine and Russia.
The jets arrived as further U.S. and British troops were deployed in Poland, with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson also visiting the country in a show of solidarity.
“Today, American F15 fighters have arrived at the air base in Lask, they will support the eastern flank as part of the NATO Air Policing mission,” Mariusz Blaszczak wrote on Twitter.
The defence minister did not say how many F-15s landed at the base. American F-15 jets have also been sent to the Baltics.
British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Thursday that London may send further troops to help support its allies in eastern Europe if required, after announcing the deployment of 350 troops to Poland on Monday.
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Capt. Shawn Delmez, 336th Fighter Squadron pilot from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., and Capt. Atilla Zsigmond, 336 FS weapons system officer, prepare to take off from Ämari Air Base, Estonia, Feb. 1, 2022. Members of the 4th Fighter Wing, from Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C., are deployed to Ämari AB to support a NATO enhanced Air Policing mission. U.S. forces in Europe live, train and operate with allies and partners from strategic locations across Europe to ensure a timely and coordinated response during peacetime and crisis
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RAMSTEIN, Germany – F-15E Strike Eagles from the 4th Fighter Wing have landed at Amari Air Base, Estonia and Danish fighters will arrive at Siauliai Air Base, Lithuania tomorrow to bolster the forces already deployed under the long established NATO Air Policing mission.
Danish F-16s will arrive in Siauliai to work alongside the Polish F-16s that deployed there on 1 December 2021 to conduct Baltic Air Policing (BAP). The US F-15s landed at Amari to integrate with the current detachment of Belgian F-16s; both detachments will execute the enhance Air Policing (eAP) mission. The aircraft plan to work with other Allied nations throughout the Baltics practicing air-to-air and air-to-ground training manoeuvres in addition, to the Air Policing missions
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