November 19 2007

C-17“Pápa in west Hungary will become a NATO base airport, ahead of Ramstein airbase in Germany and Konstanta in Romania,” Hungarian Defence Minister Imre Szekeres announced on Saturday.

A NATO working team, preparing the procurement and operation of C-17 planes for a strategic airborne fleet, made the decision on Friday. The fleet comprising four C-17 transport planes will be deployed in 2009.