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Saturday, July 27, 2013

EUCOM head touts U.S. Air Force mission in Poland; signals commitment to region

F-16 Fighting FalconA severe budget crunch will not force U.S. European Command to downsize its military mission in Poland, where a forward-based aviation detachment works alongside Polish pilots, EUCOM commander Gen. Philip Breedlove said on Friday.

The aviation detachment survived the first round of budget cuts, and there are no plans on the horizon to downsize the mission at Lask Air Base in Poland, Breedlove told reporters during a conference call.

“We are getting great results,” Breedlove said. “We intend to stay with this round of exercises.”

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