MADRID – President Biden announced on Tuesday that the U.S. would enhance its military presence in Europe, including more naval destroyers stationed in Spain, two F-35 fighter jet squadrons positioned in the United Kingdom and a permanent headquarters in Poland for the U.S. 5th Army Corps.
This increased force posture comes as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drags on and countries in Europe grow increasingly nervous about the war on their continent.
“The United States and our allies, we’re going to step up,” Biden said the start of the NATO summit in Madrid. “We’re proving that NATO is more needed now than it ever has been and it’s as important as it ever has been.”
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