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Ukraine Situation Escalates: U.S. Sending Fighter Jets

By AlternativeFreePress.com

The Pentagon will increase the number of U.S. fighter jets on a NATO air patrol mission in the Baltics and ramp up training with Poland’s air force. Defense officials confirmed that the U.S. will “augment the mission” in Baltic countries by sending six F-15s and one KC-135 to the region. They will be sent from a base in Britain to Siauliai Air Base in Lithuania. The U.S. military has already been providing four F-15s to the Baltic Air Policing rotation since January.

Sources for this article:

1. BREAKING: U.S. Military Sends Fighter Jets To Assist NATO On Ukraine
http://benswann.com/breaking-u-s-military-sends-fighter-jets-to-assist-nato-on-ukraine/

2. More U.S. jets on NATO patrol in Baltics amid Ukraine crisis: source http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/05/us-ukraine-crisis-pentagon-idUSBREA242D320140305

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