The World : U.S. F-16s Moving to Italy
Defense ministers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization agreed to transfer 72 U.S. F-16 fighter jets from Spain to Italy and to pay for the relocation with NATO infrastructure funds. Gen. Wolfgang Altenburg, chairman of NATO’s military committee, said that the panel had recommended Italy as “the only suitable country.” West German Defense Minister Rupert Scholz said the ministers unanimously approved the recommendation during a meeting in Brussels. He said the relocation would not entail extra expenditures for the alliance. The 401st Fighter Wing has been asked to leave Torrejon Air Base near Madrid as part of Spain’s policy to gradually reduce the American military presence in that country.
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