US Forces coming to oil-rich Gulf of Guinea-- USAF Commander
THE United States yesterday said it was deploying forces to the oil-rich Gulf of Guinea, off Nigeria's coastline, because the region's vast oil and gas resources were of strategic economic importance to America and the rest of the world. Besides, the Nigerian Air Force has started taking delivery of the US$3million worth of spare parts meant for repairs and maintenance of the nation's Hercules C-130 combat aircraft earlier promised it by the United States Government. Commander of the US Air Forces in Europe, General Robert Fogleson stated this during a visit to the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Jonah Wuyep at the Defence Headquarters. General Fogleson said with the increasing threats of global terrorism, the deployment of US forces in the Gulf of Guinea was necessary if only to help protect a region that is currently of great importance to America's stability. [more 
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