NATO: end of the Air Defender operation organized in Germany

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The Air Defender operation organized in Germany by NATO ended on Friday 23 June. It was the biggest air exercise ever put in place by the organization.

Operation Air Defender organized by theNATO its completed Friday, June 23. This air exercise took place in Germany. Never before had the organization deployed so many resources in the European sky, with 250 aircraft from 25 different countries. These military trainings took place for ten days. German Chancellor Olaf Scholzlent himself to the game. One device particularly appealed to him: I’Eurofightera European combat aircraft. NATO is already using it on the eastern front, in a tense context for more than a year, with the war in Ukraine nearby.

“A very clear message”

“This exercise sends a very clear message: I’NATO is ready to defend every square inch of Allied territory, and every inch of Allied airspace.”said the Secretary General of theNATOJens Stoltenberg. For the first time, American bombers have landed in Sweden, a new European country which should soon join theNATO.


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