Word came from the Romania government that its parliament had approved US military use of Romania bases just as US Air Forces in Europe airmen were concluding a 10-day exercise with their Romanian counterparts. Sniper Lance 2007 was the second such exercise USAF had conducted with Romania in the past nine months. A USAFE release states that the command expects to establish an operating location in Bucharest this summer to develop future exercises.
The Air Force wants more companies able to produce its new, multi-use, anti-radar missile that one expert says will prove vital in any future peer conflict and would be in high demand for the war in Iran if stocks were available now.