"US Army to cut permanent army aviation presence in Europe" Topic
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| Tango01 | 02 May 2015 12:13 p.m. PST |
"The US Army is reducing the number of assets and personnel permanently assigned to its only European-based Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), adopting instead 'continuous rotational' deployments, it was announced on 29 April. The 12th CAB in Germany, along with its subordinate units, is to lose 24 Boeing AH-64 Apaches, 30 Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawks (plus nine HH-60 medical evacuation [MEDEVAC] platforms), and three Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopters. In addition, it is losing the Bell OH-58D Kiowa Warrior scout fleet which is being divested from the US Army. Further to the asset reductions, the 12th CAB will lose 1,900 personnel under the restructuring. Once this is complete at the end of the third quarter of 2016, the brigade will have 1,300 servicemen and women assigned to it, of which about 800 will be stationed in Germany and 500 will be rotational…"
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| Cacique Caribe | 02 May 2015 12:15 p.m. PST |
Are we gradually pulling out of NATO? Dan |
| Intrepide | 02 May 2015 12:26 p.m. PST |
Europe recently accomplished this:
link I think they can take care of themselves now, will probably welcome the absence of The Indispensable Nation's hovering, and we can start filling potholes in flyover country. All in all, a good thing and about time. |
| Cacique Caribe | 02 May 2015 12:47 p.m. PST |
While some of our TMP brothers considered it laughable a couple of days ago, I guess this 2008 documentary (by Mitch Anderson and Jason J. Tomaric) has proven to be prophetic after all: YouTube link YouTube link link Dan
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 Legion 4   | 02 May 2015 1:25 p.m. PST |
Are we gradually pulling out of NATO? Probably not … especially with all the new NATO members, what the Russians are doing and the spread of radical islamic jihadi terrorists … off the top of my head. |
| cwlinsj | 02 May 2015 1:47 p.m. PST |
Are we gradually pulling out of NATO The USA is NATO. |
| Legion 4 | 02 May 2015 4:43 p.m. PST |
Very true … With the next largest NATO force being Turkey … and we know they have not been the best of NATO member lately … |
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