U.S. Anti-Missile Defense Troops Deploy To Turkey

RAMSTEIN-MIESENBACH, GERMANY - JANUARY 08: Airplanes await deployment as Soldiers of the U.S. Army Europe's 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, who operate Patriot anti-missile systems, load cargo on board a plane C-5 Galaxy for Turkey at Ramstein Air Base on January 8, 2012 near Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany. The troops are deploying along with Patriot batteries from Netherlands and Germany as part of a NATO operation called "Active Fence Turkey" meant to protect Turkey, which is also a NATO member state, from possible missile attack from Syria. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)