NATO Strengthens Presence in Black Sea Region Greece has deployed a Patriot air defense battery to northern #Bulgaria at the request of the country's authorities. In addition, two F-16 fighters and liaison officers have been redeployed to Bulgari...
...an territory to coordinate air patrols and exchange radar data within #NATO structures. This measure is aimed at strengthening surveillance and protection of Bulgarian airspace and was taken in the context of the escalation in the Middle East. The decision is directly related to Romania's approval of a US request to temporarily station military aircraft, surveillance equipment, and personnel on its territory to support operations related to the conflict in Iran. The deployment includes tan...
...ker aircraft, surveillance systems, satellite communications equipment, and the presence of several hundred US military personnel. They will be stationed at the Mihail Kogălniceanu and Campia Turzii air bases of the Romanian Air Force. While this reinforcement is aimed at supporting US military operations against #Iran, it nonetheless creates an increased presence of non-regional countries in the Black Sea region, i.e., near the #Russian border. What if they still don't want to leave the r...
