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 "slug": "us-nato-force-model-cuts-quantified-fighters-maritime-patrol-tankers-europe-ankara",
 "title": "United States Quantifies the Forces It Will Withdraw From NATO’s Force Model",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/us-nato-force-model-cuts-quantified-fighters-maritime-patrol-tankers-europe-ankara/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/us-nato-force-model-cuts-quantified-fighters-maritime-patrol-tankers-europe-ankara/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-06-12T17:32:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:53:43.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrussels, 12 June 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Two senior European officials, briefed on a written US decision circulated to allies in early June, detailed the forces Washington will withdraw from the NATO Force Model: fighters cut from roughly 150 to 100, maritime patrol aircraft from 26 to 15, and all eight aerial-refuelling tankers committed to Europe removed\n * A cruise-missile submarine and an aircraft carrier would be redeployed, with escorting warships and the jets that fly the car",
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  "nato-eu-defense-initiatives",
  "transatlantic"
 ],
 "sources": [],
 "entities": [
  "germany",
  "nato"
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