USAFE Comes to Romania: US Air Forces in Europe recently sent a 30-member survey team to Romania’s Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base to survey the airfield’s condition to host joint operations with the Romanian Air Force. The US and Romania signed an agreement earlier this month for US use of Romanian bases.
The Air Force ramped up operations and maintenance spending to keep its F-35A fighters flying over the past six years, but readiness continues to lag behind goals, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.