July 1 (Reuters) - NATO is set to announce at next week's Ankara summit that its European members have filled almost all the gaps left by the United States in the alliance's defence plans, a NATO source told Reuters on Wednesday.The main gap NATO is still struggling to plug is in strategic bombers, where the U.S. has said it will make only one aircraft available instead of two, said the source, speaking on condition of anonymity. (Reporting by Sabine Siebold, editing by Bart Meijer)

July 1 (Reuters) - NATO is set to announce at next week's Ankara summit that its European members have filled almost all the gaps left by the United States in the alliance's…

NATO is set to announce at next week’s Ankara summit that its European members have filled almost all the gaps left by the United States in the alliance’s

NATO is set to announce at next week's Ankara summit that its European members have filled almost all the gaps left by the United States in the alliance's defence plans, a NATO…

European NATO allies have largely filled the gaps left by the United States in the alliance’s defense plans, NATO’s top commander said on Thursday, adding

General Alexus Grynkewich said Europe had stepped up "in a matter of weeks."

NATO’s top commander says European allies have mostly filled gaps left by the U.S. reducing its military contributions to the organization's crisis plans

NATO’s top commander says European allies have mostly filled gaps left by the U.S. reducing its military contributions to the organization's crisis plans

The so-called NATO Force Model is the alliance’s Plan A for making forces from the 32 member nations available in times of peace.

Stringer, a former Royal Air Force fighter pilot, said that in the categories in which Europe couldn’t provide equivalent forces, they’d be looking to match the effect with…