Up to 60 aircraft will participate in NATO maneuvers this year to defend the European nuclear weapons alliance area. As the defense alliance announced today, they include modern fighter jets, but also surveillance aircraft and tankers. As in previous years, long-range B-52 bombers would come from the US. They would take off from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota, he said.
According to NATO, 14 countries are participating. According to the information, the scenario of the maneuvers will be in particular the airspace over Belgium, Great Britain and the North Sea.
NATO emphasized that Steadfast Noon was not a reaction to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and that no real weapons would be used. “The exercise, which runs until October 30, is a routine, recurring training measure that has no bearing on current world events,” the alliance said.