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NATO approves E-3A AWACS aircraft deployment to support fight against Daesh.
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World Defense & Security News - NATO
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NATO approves E-3A AWACS aircraft deployment to support fight against Daesh
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NATO defense Ministers on Thursday agreed to provide NATO AWACS surveillance planes in the fight against the Islamic State, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said. He said they supported the U.S. request for alliance surveillance aircraft in the fight against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq at the ministerial meeting.
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 A NATO E-3A AWACS surveillance aircraft(Credit: NATO) |
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“We agreed in principle to use NATO AWACS surveillance planes to backfill national AWACS capabilities,” said Mr. Stoltenberg. He noted that this decision will increase the coalition’s ability to “degrade and destroy the terrorist group ISIL, which is our common enemy.”
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