First Dozen US Warplanes Arrive In Poland…Russia Deploys 6 SU-27 Fighters & 3 Military Transport Jets to Belarus

2 Aviano F-16s, support personnel arrive in Poland

3/17/2014 – LASK AIR BASE, Poland — At the invitation of the government of Poland, twelve 555th Fighter Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcons and approximately 200 personnel assigned to the 31st Fighter Wing at Aviano Air Base, Italy, arrived at the U.S. Air Force Aviation Detachment here, March 14-15.

Over the next several days, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and the Polish Air Force will be conducting an off site bi-lateral training event that demonstrates the U.S.’s commitment to collective defense responsibilities under NATO’s objectives.

“One of our objectives is to develop bonds so if something happens, and we have to take action in a real-world environment, you want to have trained together in advance,” said Lt. Col. John Peterson, 555th Fighter Squadron commander. “You want to develop those tactics, techniques and procedures before you’re in a combat environment.”

Peterson explains that without a consistent training platform, the U.S. risks reducing its interoperability and its capability to develop and analyze strengths and weaknesses with partnering countries

http://www.usafe.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123403738

Russia Deploys 6 SU-27 fighters & 3military transport jets to Belarus, in apparent reaction to growing NATO activity near the Belarusian Border

Moscow has deployed six SU-27 fighters and three military transport jets to Belarus, in an apparent reaction to growing NATO activity near the Belarusian border, the Russian defense ministry said Thursday.

“The air crews of the Russian jets will be on combat duty with their Belarusian colleagues for purposes of air reconnaissance and ensuring defense of the air space of the Union State,” the Itar- Tass news agency quoted a ministry spokesman as saying.

A group of military-technical personnel of the Russian Western Military District were on board to the Bobruisk aerodrome in the Mogilyov region of Belarus, he said, adding that the move was in accordance with an agreement signed by the two countries on joint defense of the external border of the Union State.

Russian side’s confirmation came hours after Belarusian defense ministry released a statement on the deployment.

Read more: http://www.defencetalk.com/russia-flies-warplanes-to-belarus-for-joint-combat-duty-59034/#ixzz2wHVuWS8d

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