USS Oscar Austin in Tromsø during the NATO exercise Formidable Shield 2023, photo: US Navy

USS Oscar Austin in Tromsø during the NATO exercise Formidable Shield 2023, Photo: US Navy

US Navy expands European presence

Another American guided missile destroyer is stationed in Rota, Spain. This further increases the importance of the site.

The US Navy is increasing its permanent stationing presence in Europe from the current four to six Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers. Washington and Madrid already agreed in the summer of 2022 on the basic reinforcement of the Forward Deployed Naval Forces - Europe (FDNF-E) stationed in Rota, Spain, since 2014. The formal initialling of the extended deployment agreement took place in May 2023.

18 Apr 2024

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