Ceremony Marks Step Forward in Strategic Airlift

The NATO Secretary General and Ministers of Defence celebrated in Budapest an important milestone for the Alliance’s Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) programme. “This is a big step in the joint effort to obtain a capability which is sorely needed by our Alliance. As we defend our security in new ways and in new places, it is absolutely vital that we are able to transport our forces over strategic distance, and to sustain them while they carry out their important work”, said the NATO Secretary General during the ceremony. The ceremony was hosted by the Hungarian Minister of Defence, Imre Szekeres and was addressed also by the US... [read full story]