A detachment of the Air Forces of the United States of America in Europe (USAFE), composed of approximately 100 soldiers and four F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft, arrived on Friday, September 22, at the 86th “Lieutenant Gheorghe Mociorniță” Air Base in Borcea , announces MApN.
F-16 Fighting FalconPhoto: Tsgt. Timothy Dischinat/US Air / Zuma Press / Profimedia
“The American military will perform Reinforced Air Police missions, as well as joint training missions with military and F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft from the Romanian Air Force,” according to MApN.
“The joint air police and training missions contribute to increasing the reaction and deterrence capacity, as well as to strengthening the interoperability between the Romanian and US Air Forces”, notes the ministry.
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken announced two weeks ago a new rotation of additional US F-16 fighter jets to bolster NATO’s air policing mission in Romania.
The US announcement came at the same time that the remains of Russian drones crashed near the border with Ukraine were discovered in Romania.
