NATO to hold its biggest air exercise in history this summer
(VOVWORLD) - The largest NATO air exercise since the alliance’s founding in 1949 will take place this summer, and the US Air National Guard (ANG) will be providing nearly half of the airpower slated to participate.
 Polish soldiers from 25th Air Cavalry Brigade land from Mi-8 helicopter during Defender Europe 2022 military exercise of NATO troops at the military range in Bemowo Piskie, near Orzysz, Poland, May 24, 2022. (Photo: REUTERS) |
The expansive exercise, dubbed Air Defender 2023 (AD23), will be led by Germany and will take place primarily in that country but with additional operations in the Czech Republic, Estonia, and Latvia.
The exercise will give participants an opportunity to conduct operational and tactical-level field training in the region and bolster interoperability between the allied forces.
It is expected to involve Finland, which just joined NATO this month.