Part of the American attack planes will place in Estonia

Part of the American attack planes A-10 which should be placed in Europe within the operation Atlantic Resolve, will be based in Estonia. The corresponding statement was made on the page in Facebook by the commander of the Air Force of Estonia Yaak Tariyen on Sunday, September 20.

Planes will be involved in joint doctrines of NATO which will last from September 22 to November 6, 2015. On Emari’s air base, the former base of aircraft of Baltic Fleet of Suurkyul, auxiliaries are already delivered.

«The destination is, tomorrow (on September 21 – comments to "Lenty.Ra") will land. This time journalists did not embellish reconnaissance analytics. That else did these big transport planes which arrived the whole week in Emari as did not deliver here the equipment for the whole squadron. Logistics on a place, "Hogi" (from Hog – a wild boar, the abbreviated name of attack planes of A-10 Warthog – comments to "Lenty.Ra") will arrive tomorrow!» – Yaak Tariyen noted.

As reports "Interfax", for last week on Emari’s air base transport planes, including C-5M Super Galaxy and cargo updatings of Boeing B-747 several times landed. According to the Estonian military man of department, planes delivered the equipment and equipment for joint doctrines. During doctrines on Tap’s range departures with fighting firing from guns, bombing and use of uncontrollable aviation rockets will be made.

Within the operation Atlantic Resolve in Europe the 74th forwarding destructive squadron (74th by expeditionary fighter wing) as a part of 12 attack planes A-10C and 300 people of staff from the structure of the 23rd tactical wing of the U.S. Air Force deployed on air base of Mudi (Moody), the State of Georgia will be placed. This information is placed on an air base site.

«We are very glad that safety was assigned to pilots of air base of Mudi during the operation Atlantic Resolve. The Air Force again chose us for very important mission in Europe», – the deputy commander of the 23rd tactical wing the colonel of the U.S. Air Force Mark Barrera declared.

The lieutenant colonel of the U.S. Air Force Brian Franz according to whom, the main task of this expansion is support demonstration to allies of the USA on NATO block will order the 74th forwarding squadron.