Twelve A-10s arrived Monday at Amari Air Base in Estonia, the first stop in a deployment to Europe that’s expected to last about six months, the Air Force said Tuesday.The deployment marks the second time the Warthogs have been sent to Europe as part of a so-called theater security package. Since February, the Pentagon has deployed three of these large groupings of aircraft and personnel to Europe for six-month missions in response to the continuing crisis in eastern Europe over Russia’s hostile actions in Ukraine.
The first theater security package was also comprised of A-10 Thunderbolt IIs, which deployed to Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany and returned to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., last month.
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