US Pulling Large Chunk Of Jets, Refueling Tankers From NATO Defense, Realigning Further East

US Pulling Large Chunk Of Jets, Refueling Tankers From NATO Defense, Realigning Further East In a move that surprises absolutely no one paying attention, the United States is planning to significantly slash the number of fighter jets and warships it feeds into the NATO machine in Europe, the New York Times reported Thursday. The reported cutbacks hit right as panicked European nations scramble to patch up their own defense capacities. Though long expected given President Trump's somewhat adverse relationship with the NATO alliance, and fiercely critical rhetoric continuously directed at Brussels,...