BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Four Portuguese F-16 fighter jets and 150 Portuguese troops and civilians will be sent to Ukraine neighbor Romania in May and June to participate in NATO aerial policing missions, Romania’s top defense body said Tuesday.
The defense body said it has approved a request from Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta to allow the planes and troops into the country.
Romania, which is on NATO’s eastern flank, has hosted foreign troops and missions from other member countries since the Ukraine crisis broke out at the end of 2013. This is the first time Portuguese troops come to the country.
NATO …read more
Source: KXAN
