The commander of US Air Forces in Europe, told subordinates and representatives of the media about, how to expand financing for "containment of Russia" programs in the Baltic States. According to General Walters (Wolters), the sum of the BBC component of development in the Baltic region has nearly tripled since the beginning of 2017 of the year.
From the statement of General, which he gave to the media during the Royal International Air Tattoo - international aviation show of military equipment:
These funds have strengthened our fighting capacity, our ability to respond to challenges. We want, to our troops, including pilots Air Force and Navy, We have become even more professional, than their predecessors.
About the same amount of public financing component of the Eastern United States Air Force in question?
If to top 2017 the amount was about 389 million dollars, now we are talking about already $1,07 billion. AT 2019 the US Congress intends to further increase funding for the "defense of the airspace over the Baltic states". Improving around 100 million dollars.
According to the US General, “it will make Russia think twice, before you start to clash with the United States of America”. Conflict because the Baltic countries?
general Walters:
We create an important infrastructure for the Air Force. This modernization of the flight control units. In the Baltic countries we will be able to control every single aspect of the flight from takeoff to landing.
added, that there is a growing funding including the creation of "partnership airbases" in Estonia, Latvia and "other countries along the Russian border".
