TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Estonia has marked its 99th anniversary of its declaration of independence with more than 1,000 troops from eight NATO nations parading and presenting military hardware on Friday, including two U.S. Abrams tanks that were displayed to the public for the first time.
Fighter jets from the alliance’s Baltic air policing mission roared over the flag-waving crowd that included President Kersti Kaljulaid and a U.S. Air Force band.
NATO military forces were deployed into countries bordering Russia after Moscow’s aggression in Ukraine in response to fears that other ex-Soviet republics — including Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania — could be …read more
Source: KXAN
