DefenceTalkU.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Tuesday the U.S. will pre-position about 250 tanks, Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and self-propelled howitzers in eastern and central Europe in a move meant to reassure NATO allies unnerved by threats seen from Russia and terrorist groups. Carter, during a trip to Tallinn, said the Baltic states – Estonia, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-to-position-tanks-arms-in-7-european-nations-64661/

DefenceTalkThe first of two M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tanks is headed to Bulgaria to continue and expand the multi-dimensional multinational Operation Atlantic Resolve training in Eastern Europe led by U.S. Army Europe. The heavily armored tank, weighing nearly 70 tons, was driven into the back of the waiting C17 Globemaster III Air Force aircraft, fitting […]https://www.defencetalk.com/abrams-tanks-head-to-bulgaria-64622/

DefenceTalkMore than 180 Airmen from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, and 12 F-15C Eagles flew to Graf Ignatievo Air Base, near Plovdiv, Bulgaria, to participate in a bilateral training event, Thracian Eagle 2014, Aug. 18-Sep. 1. Pilots from the 493rd Fighter Squadron, maintainers and a mixture of other professions, including Airmen from Ramstein Air Base, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-air-force-deploys-f-15s-to-bulgaria-60393/

DefenceTalkBulgaria was hosting joint navy drills with fellow NATO members in the Black Sea on Friday, as the United States tries to reassure a region worried about Russia’s intervention in Ukraine. Navy ships from the United States as well as Greece, Romania and Turkey, and four destroyers from NATO’s maritime immediate reaction force and a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/bulgaria-nato-allies-hold-black-sea-drills-60057/