Six F-16 fighter jets and 120 personnel from the 31st Fighter Wing, Aviano Air Base, Italy, will begin a joint training operation Thursday at Lask Air Base, Poland, through Oct. 8, Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Steve Warren announced Sept. 3. In addition to Air Force units headed to the Baltics, members from the 31st FW will also participate in Ample Strike, a NATO-led exercise with 11 other nations in the Czech Republic. Farther east, Rapid Trident — the first exercise to include 200 U.S. ground troops since the Kiev government began fighting pro-Russian separatists — will take place Sept. 15 to Sept.…
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The gas flow to Ukraine halted Monday in Russia’s latest move to stun its former ally. Russia’s Gazprom — one of the largest extractors of natural gas headquartered in Moscow — claims Ukraine missed the deadline to pay its delinquent bills and negotiators failed to reach a deal on gas prices. Analysts said that the gas supply to Europe will continue as planned, but this could disrupt “the long-term energy supply to the region if the issue remains unresolved,” USA Today reports. This is one of many disagreements Russia and Ukraine have had over gas lines in the last 20…
