The Pentagon does not see “sustainable” the proposal of Poland from relocate all of its MiG-29 fighter jets to Germany to put them to United States provision at the US base in Ramstein, on German territory. “The prospect of warplanes ‘at the disposal of the Government of the United States of America’ departing from a US/NATO base in Germany to fly over disputed airspace over Ukraine with Russia raises serious concerns for the entire alliance. Atlantic,” said US Department of Defense spokesman John Kirby.
United StatesIn addition, he has expressed his surprise at the announcement of Poland that she was willing to provide her Mig-29 fighter jets to Ukraine. “As far as I know, they had not consulted us before,” declared the Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, Victoria Nulland, during a Senate hearing. “I think it’s a surprise announcement from the Poles,” she added.
Poland had reported this Tuesday that it makes available to the United States Army in a way “free“all your MigG-29 fighter jets, about 28with the aim that they can be used by Ukrainian pilots in the ongoing conflict with Russia.
The statement from the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs added that the fighters will put heading “immediately” to the base that the United States has in the German town of Ramstein and, in return, has asked Washington to provide them with “used aircraft with the corresponding operational capabilities.”
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“Poland is ready to immediately establish the purchase conditions” for these replacement aircraft, which would be US F-16 fighters, Alliance sources have revealed. The Foreign Affairs text also encourages the rest of NATO partners to follow the Polish example. The decision of this surrender by Poland is made at the expense of the NATOwhich already ruled out a week ago sending any type of combat aircraft to Ukraine to prevent the Alliance from being part of the conflict, as expressed by its secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg.
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