First US Troops Arrive in Poland to Reinforce NATO Amid Russia–Ukraine Tensions

File photo showing a U.S. Air Force Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules transport aircraft being unloaded after landing at Jasionka Airport near Rzeszow, Poland, on Feb. 4, 2022. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

The first U.S. troops reinforcing NATO allies in Eastern Europe amid Russia–Ukraine tensions arrived at a military base in southeastern Poland on Saturday.

A handful of U.S. troops arrived in a small Beechcraft C-12 Huron that landed at Rzeszow military base shortly after 10 a.m. on Feb. 5, Polish military spokesman Major Przemyslaw Lipczynski told the Polish Press Agency (PAP).