Transforming United States Air Forces in Europe and Empowering Poland: F-16s Fly East

Abstract

In the InternatIonal arena of strategic alliances, windows of opportunity for momentous change are rare and fleeting. Creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) at the start of the Cold War was one of them; the end of the Cold War and the global strategic environment following the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 (9/11) present the next opportunity. Poland stands out as an eager member of nato and a strong supporter of US policy. Indeed, the Polish military recently took unprecedented steps to embrace Western concepts, training, andhardware. At the same time,United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) is tasked with broadening relations with new nato nations in eastern europe, gravitating away from its significant Western european presence during the Cold War. Therefore, it is in the national interest of the United States to continue to transform USaFe by relocating US F-16s currently in Italy to new bases in Poland.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA595993

Entities

People

  • Christopher S. Sage

Organizations

  • Air University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Air Traffic
  • Altitude
  • Cold War
  • Defense Systems
  • Eastern Europe
  • Europe
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Force Protection
  • Governments
  • Nato
  • Security
  • Tactical Training
  • Training
  • Treaties
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).
  • Strategic Security Studies