Brussels – More U.S. F-16 fighting falcons will be deployed to Poland in the coming days and weeks, the Pentagon press service has reported.
U.S. Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel and Polish Defence Minister Tomasz Siemoniak discussed the issue during the meeting, the U.S. Defence Ministry said.
“No decision [has been made] on numbers yet,” the Pentagon’s press service quotes Army Colonel Steve Warren as saying.
U.S. European Command would provide the aircraft once a decision is made, the colonel told reporters.
Warren said that a decision has been made to increase the size of the U.S. aviation detachment in Poland.
“Ten U.S. Air Force personnel are stationed at Lask Air Base in Poland, but there is no permanent jet presence there. What we are doing is reassuring our allies that we are there for them. This is an important time for us to make it crystal clear to all our allies and partners in the region that the United States of America stands by them,” he added.
This is just one of the visible actions the United States has taken since the Russian incursion into Ukraine, reads a report from the Pentagon.
Earlier the United States sent six more F-15C Eagle aircraft to beef up the air policing mission in the Baltic States. In addition, the USS Truxton has been deployed to the Black Sea.
