Bulgaria’s Parliamentary Defense Committee approved the government’s proposal to allow the temporary deployment of up to eight US military tanker aircraft and 250 American service members at the Bezmer airbase. The decision was backed by 11 members of the committee, while one voted against and two abstained.

SOFIA, July 20 (Reuters) - Bulgaria, a NATO and EU member, will seek parliamentary approval on Monday for up to eight U.S. tanker aircraft to be stationed at a military airport,…

Opposition party GERB said it would support the deployment of US tanker aircraft at Bulgaria’s Bezmer Air Base but criticized Prime Minister Rumen Radev over what the party…