Balkans: May 13, 2002

Archives

The US and Croatia began a four-day long air force exercise. US F-16s and Croat Mig-21s engaged in exercises over Istria (along the Adriatic). The AP reported that the US and Croat pilots will trade-off and fly one anothers aircraft during the exercise. This will, of course, give Croat pilots greater familiarity with NATO equipment, which Croatia intends to acquire as part of its upgrade program. RFE has reported recently that Croatia will be asked to join NATOs Membership Action Plan (a prep plan for would-be NATO members). Training exercises (such as this one) would be part of that program.

 

X

ad

Help Keep Us From Drying Up

We need your help! Our subscription base has slowly been dwindling.

Each month we count on your contribute. You can support us in the following ways:

  1. Make sure you spread the word about us. Two ways to do that are to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
  2. Subscribe to our daily newsletter. We’ll send the news to your email box, and you don’t have to come to the site unless you want to read columns or see photos.
  3. You can contribute to the health of StrategyPage.
Subscribe   contribute   Close