Letters

The Importance of NATO

To the paragraph about President Trump’s getting NATO mostly wrong (the Week, February 6), I would add the following: Yes, Article 5 has been invoked by NATO just once in history, and it was for the U.S. Most Americans are unaware that, following the atrocity committed on September 11, 2001, NATO sent six of its AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) aircraft to Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., to fly cover over our great country. The reason they came to our aid with these aircraft is that most of our own AWACS aircraft were scattered all over the globe ensuring the security of the free world. Having spent more than a couple of years in NATO, I can tell you it was a warm feeling having our NATO partners at Tinker flying cover for us.