2 US F-22 fighter jets in Poland for exercises with ally
By Associated Press
Aug 31, 2015 6:53 AM CDT
U.S. stealthy high-tech F-22 Raptor fighter jet flies above the military base in Lask, Poland, Monday, Aug. 31, 2015. Two Raptors came to Lask as a part of the inaugural F-22 training deployment to Europe. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)   (Associated Press)

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two U.S. stealth F-22 fighter jets have arrived in Poland to carry out combat air exercises for a day with the Polish air force.

The exercises are part of a broader U.S. policy of assurance to NATO allies in Eastern Europe worried about Russian aggression.

The two F-22 Raptor jets arrived on Monday at Lask Air Base in central Poland. They are part of the first U.S. deployment of the high-tech jets to Europe.

The U.S. Embassy in Warsaw said that four F-22 Raptors arrived last week at the Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany and will remain there until mid-September.