At least 150 private military contractors from the US Department of Defense have flown to Europe on Pentagon charter flights in recent weeks, according to information and flight data analyzed by Arms Watch.
US military contractors operating in Benghazi, Libya, were flown to the Bulgarian capital Sofia on October 28, 2020 via Malta on a series of flights from Washington and Erbil, Iraq’s Kurdistan region.
The unusual American activity in the Balkans was recorded a few days before the presidential elections in Moldova.
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said earlier that Washington will further expand its defense cooperation with Bulgaria and Romania.
Such plans are likely to include the urgent relocation of military contractors (PMC employees) from war zones to Europe, the publication suggests.
