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Kremlin Warns Warsaw Not To Host U.S. Aircraft

December 10 2010

Poland

Russia has issued a warning to Poland over its planned hosting of U.S. F-16 fighter jets and Hercules transport aircraft, Agence France-Presse reports.

In November, Polish Defense Minister Bogdan Klich announced that Poland would accept a U.S. proposal to host rotations of fighters and their crews as early as 2013.

"The American presence on our territory constitutes an additional guarantee, an additional assurance that we are in an alliance where our allies would come to our...

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