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Big Lift airlift tests U S reach and possible Europe pullback
The Big Lift exercise moves 18 000 troops to Germany by air to prove rapid overseas reinforcement capability and to signal potential future U S withdrawals from Europe and perhaps the Far East. From a military and political angle the plan costs 20 million dollars and aims to deter Soviet and Chinese rivals.
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