USNI News: VIDEO: Navy Pilots Flying Dozens of Daily Russian Deterrence Missions from USS Harry S. Truman
ABOARD AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS HARRY S. TRUMAN IN THE IONIAN SEA – For the longest stretch in decades, the Mediterranean Sea has played host to the deafening roar of U.S. carrier aircraft launching into Europe.
Since December, the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, Carrier Air Wing 1 and its escorts have been operating in the Adriatic and Ionian seas launching 80 to 90 sorties a day as far north as Lithuania for a variety of missions with NATO-allied aircraft from Romania, France and Italy.
Some fighters launched from Truman are training, while some are set to police NATO’s airspace and prevent Russian aircraft from violating those borders.
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WNU Editor: NATO has nearly doubled the number of military combat aircraft on alert across Europe following Russia's invasion of Ukraine .... USS Harry Truman Remains On Station in Eastern Mediterranean (National Interst).
2 comments:
"NATO has nearly doubled the number of military combat aircraft on alert across Europe following Russia's invasion of Ukraine ...."
Which means higher maintenance and spare parts costs. This is a good thing. It ramps up the the supply chain and makes it more robust.
Will the people behind president puppet allocate enough money for the tail of the point end of the spear or will they continue with their boondoggles and massive social spending. I predict the latter. Those people are not as bright as FDR and he was not especially bright.
Deterring what exactly?
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