Polish Air Force's F-16 fighter jet flies at an airbase in Lask near Lodz, central Poland on June 28, 2013. Reuters/Kacper Pempel
Ukraine: US Sends Fighter Jets to Poland, Baltic States in Response to Russian War Games -- IBTimes
The U.S. is sending 12 F-16 fighter jets to Poland on the Polish government's request after Russian troops in Kaliningrad and the Baltic Sea engaged in a series of live-fire exercises. The planes are set to arrive Monday.
The U.S. also agreed to send four F-15 jets to Lithuania. Lithuania’s defense ministry said it was in response to “Russian aggression in Ukraine and increased military activity in Kaliningrad.” Kaliningrad is a Russian exclave oblast (province) that borders both Lithuania and Poland, which means it stands on its own outside Russia’s border.
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