Daniel was a Research Fellow for European affairs in the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom. The U.S. is a global power with global interests. These interests ...

When generals and admirals talk about bases for personnel and equipment, they sound like retail merchants. Location, they say, is everything. That’s why a single concrete runway in a valley between ...

This article first appeared on the American Enterprise Institute site. The Pentagon continues to reduce forces at Lajes Field in the Azores, a strategic archipelago in the mid-Atlantic. The decision ...

LAJES FIELD, AZORES, Portugal — Ever since it was created during the early years of America’s entry into World War II, the airfield on this small island in the northeast Atlantic has been an important ...

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is concerned that the Defense Department's plans to reduce the military and civilian personnel at Lajes Field in the Azores will harm U.S. relations with Portugal, the ...

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — Citing budgetary constraints, the Pentagon says it's planning a major drawdown in U.S. military operations and personnel at Lajes Field, a remote island air base in Portugal.