What was it Biden said in Poland?
âYouâre going to see when youâre there, and some of you have been there, youâre gonna see â youâre gonna see women, young people standing in the middle in front of a damned tank just saying, âIâm not leaving, Iâm holding my ground,ââ Biden said.
With thousands of troops deployed to Europe in response to Russiaâs invasion of Ukraine, the Navy is adding to its assets in the region. The Defense Department announced Monday that six EA-18G Growlers, with 240 air crew and maintainers, will head to Spangdahlem, Germany, as part of 14,000 troops the U.S. has committed to reassure NATO.
The electronic attack aircraft will not be doing any jamming missions, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters.
âThey are not being sent because of some sort of acute threat that was perceived or some specific incident that happened,â he said. âThey are being deployed â as we have said all along: The secretary wants to keep options open. So, nothing more should be made out of it than a prudent decision to continue to â as we continue to â reevaluate our force posture on NATOâs eastern flank.â
Navy electronic attack aircraft heading to Germany amid Ukraine war