The transfer of MiG-29s to Ukraine “may be mistaken as escalatory and could result in Russian escalation with NATO…producing a high risk scenario,” Gen. Wolters said, so his command “has no plans to facilitate an indirect, or third party transfer of Polish aircraft.”
By Colin ClarkThe sixth ABMS onramp “was going to be in partnership with Australia, and allies and partners, in the Pacific Rim,” Air Force Chief Architect Preston Dunlap said, but “just due to the budget constraints, we had to pull the plug on that.”
By Theresa HitchensPresident Biden said at the Pentagon today that the review will “chart a strong path forward on China-related matters.”
By Paul McLearySecDef Lloyd Austin “is at this moment in the process of conducting a very very thorough review” of planning to move 12,000 troops out of Germany, EUCOM chief Gen. Wolters says.
By Paul McLearyPoland is excited to have more US troops on the way, but military leaders warned this week that the effort to move 12,000 US troops out of Germany will take months for the planning along.
By Paul McLearyGen. Tod Wolters reveals he’s built new infrastructure in Spain, waiting for the Navy to add two more destroyers to the four already there.
By Paul McLearyGeneral Counsel Paul Nay directed DoD officials to “preserve all documents, records, and writings, and any associated attachments, in any format,” that relate to the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.
By Paul McLeary
Turkey’s increasingly autocratic president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is an erstwhile NATO ally. Turkey flies F-16s and is a partner in the F-35 program. But Erdogan has committed his country to buying Russia’s reportedly excellent surface to air missile system, the S-400. This op-ed by Bradley Bowman, former aide to Sen. Todd Young of the Senate…
By Bradley Bowman and Andrew Gabel