Italy denied U.S. military aircraft headed for the Middle East permission to land at its Sigonella air base in Sicily, according to local reports.

  • iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    AFAIK both Spain and France have completely denied access to their airspace for war related efforts. So flights departing from the UK after a refuel are going to have to do one hell of a detour to get to destination. And now, Italy denies bases use too.

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      8 hours ago

      Turns out it helps to at least have a coalition of the doesn’t give a shit before you start a war you can’t win 7000 miles away.