Poland will likely deploy four F-16s to surveil ISIS fighters within the next few weeks as part of a NATO reconnaissance mission. Speaking after the alliance’s defense ministers met in Brussels on Wednesday, Poland’s defense minister, Antoni Macierewicz, said the fighters should arrive in the Middle East before the alliance’s Warsaw Summit in July, but will not take part in combat, The Associated Press reported. The deployment will be Poland’s first contribution to the anti-ISIS effort, according to the AP, and comes after Defense Secretary Ash Carter called on NATO to step up its support of the fight against ISIS. Macierewicz said “the crews are ready for takeoff,” once the president provides final approval, which is seen as a formality.
PHOTOS: 12 B-2s Conduct Massive Fly-Off, Elephant Walk
April 19, 2024
The Air Force carried out the largest B-2 Spirit fly-offs in recent history, when 12 aircraft—the majority of the nation's stealth bombers—took off one by one on April 15 from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. The event also created a massive elephant walk as the aircraft taxied to and took…