Report: Manas Operations Moving To Romania
The U,S, is working out a deal to move part of its operations at the Manas air base in Kyrgyzstan to Romania, AFP has reported, citing U.S. defense officials. The U.S. was forced to look at options for...
View ArticleShift From Manas To Romania To Begin In February
The U.S. military will start shifting operations away from the Manas air base in Kyrgyzstan to a new facility in February as it gradually winds down its presence in Central Asia. The U.S. presence at...
View ArticleU.S. Air Base At Manas Starts Closing Shop
The U.S. air base at Manas, in Kyrgyzstan, has started formally shutting down, and U.S. troops have already started using the replacement facility in Romania as they transit in and out of...
View ArticleAs Crimea Crisis Deepens, U.S. Sends Fighters, Warships To Region
In response to the crisis in Crimea, the U.S. has undertaken a number of military moves around the region. While Washington's military deployments are still far from a direct involvement in the...
View ArticleU.S. Promises Stronger Naval Presence In Black Sea
The United States is planning a "stronger presence of U.S. ships in the Black Sea" as Russia accused the U.S. and NATO ships that have been on the sea recently as "spying" on Russia's own Black Sea...
View ArticleU.S. Navy Keeps Up Steady Black Sea Presence; Russia Keeps Watching
A U.S. Navy warship entered the Black Sea this week "to promote peace and stability in the region," according to a Navy statement, but Russia doesn't see it that way."The destroyer Cole entered the...
View ArticleRomania Pushing For Permanent NATO Presence In Black Sea
Romania is pressing NATO to create a regular Black Sea flotilla in response to Russia's annexation of Crimea, Romanian media have reported.NATO, and in particular the United States, substantially...
View ArticleRussia's Black Sea Neighbors Boosting Naval Cooperation
Turkey's naval ships have made simultaneous port calls to all the Black Sea countries except Russia, in an apparent military-diplomatic show of force as tensions on the sea continue to simmer.As part...
View ArticleU.S. Signals Support For Formal NATO Black Sea Presence
A senior American NATO official has signaled support for a proposal to create a regular alliance naval presence on the Black Sea, where tension has been rising between Russia and its maritime...
View ArticleBulgaria Throws Wrench In Works Of NATO Black Sea Plans
Bulgaria's prime minister has said the country will not participate in a proposed joint NATO naval fleet in the Black Sea, slowing the momentum of a project that had thus far received broad support...
View ArticleNATO Demurs on Creation of Black Sea Naval Force
NATO put off a decision on creating an alliance Black Sea naval force, which had been promoted by several alliance members as a means of beefing up the NATO presence on its southeastern border with...
View ArticleNATO Agrees to Expand Naval, Air Patrols in Black Sea
NATO has agreed to come up with a "coordination body" to manage activity in the Black Sea, a step toward formalizing a NATO presence in the region that Russia considers to be its sphere of...
View ArticleRussians Still Waiting for Trump Thaw as NATO Resumes Exercises in Black Sea
NATO is conducting some of its biggest naval exercises ever in the Black Sea, even as a new administration in Washington has cast into doubt how much the United States is interested in confronting...
View ArticleNATO Promises Increase in Tempo of Air, Naval Patrols on Black Sea
NATO countries have agreed to increase the alliance's activities around the Black Sea, including more air and naval patrols of the sea, further increasing pressure in an area Russia considers to be of...
View ArticleU.S. and Romania Practice Storming Black Sea Shores
The United States and Romanian navies practiced storming the beaches of the Black Sea, a relatively rare example of practicing an attack in the region that Russia considers its own and where it...
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