United States European Command

BELGRADE - Serbian Armed Forces (SAF) Chief of General Staff Gen Milan Mojsilovic met with US European Command (USEUCOM) J5 Deputy Director Brig Gen Chris McKinney in Belgrade on Thursday.

The parties agreed SAF-EUCOM cooperation was very substantial and highly developed and contributing to preservation of peace and stability in the region, the Serbian MoD said in a statement.

The U.S. military has raised the alert level of several bases in Europe to its second-highest level, multiple American media outlets have reported.

The American bases, located across Europe, were raised to the "Charlie" alert level, ABC News and CNN reported, both citing unnamed officials.

The US military has raised its alert level to the second-highest tier at several of its bases in Europe, according to US media reports citing unnamed officials. The "Charlie" level is enacted when there is an incident or intelligence suggesting a potential terrorist activity or attack on personnel and facilities.

Two B-52 bombers operating from the Moron Air Base in Spain were detected circling over southern Bulgaria. These are 60-0026 (NOBLE41) and 60-0056 (NOBLE42?). Both have nuclear potential (but do not carry nuclear bombs), reported BGNES.

The Defense Ministry's specialized medical team that has been on a two-week mission to the state of Alabama, providing critical COVID-19 support to the authorities, will return to the country on Wednesday, the Ministry of National Defense said.

A team of 15 specialists from the Ministry of National Defence (MApN), made of five doctors, five nurses and five military experts in the CBRN field, will leave, on Monday, in the USA, to offer support to the authorities in the state of Alabama in the context of measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

USEUCOM's U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Twitty and USCENTCOM's U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas Bergeson on Sept. 11 visited the Turkey-U.S. joint operations center in the Akçakale district of the southeastern Şanlıurfa province established for the coordination of activities in the safe zone in northern Syria.

US European Commands chief General Tod D. Wolters has met with the head of Greece's National Defense General Staff, Christos Christodoulou, to discuss ongoing bilateral defense activities between the two nations, USEUCOM has reported.

The US has deployed the anti-ballistic missile THAAD system at the military base of Deveselu in southern Romania.

It is the first time that this advanced anti-ballistic missile system has been deployed anywhere in Europe under NATO command.

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