NATO for the exercises Kosovo was excluded from due to the crisis in the north: No.

It is the largest training of its kind since the founding of the military alliance in 1949, and Germany will serve as a host and logistical centre.

From June 12th to 23rd, up to 250 planes will be deployed at six military bases, where 25 countries will participate. Only the United States is sending 100 planes across the Atlantic. In the air, participants will be trained in crisis situations in three flying areas -- over northern Germany in the North Sea, in the east and in a small generation of southern Germany. These areas will be shut down alternately for civilian planes every day for several hours.

Delay in civilian air traffic expected

Regular air traffic is part of the challenge, as skies above Europe are among the world's most busy flight paths. aviation experts are watching to see if civilian air traffic can continue to function mainly intact, parallel to the exercise Air Defender 23.

During the 10 days of military maneuvering, German airports have extended their clocks until night. “I hope, if all these measures are effective, there will be no flight cancellations of”, says Ingo Gerhartz, Lieutenant General in the German Air Force. However, he has not wanted to exclude the situation for delays in departure or arrival.

For the past 30 years, the work of German civil and military control towers operators has been integrated, according to German aviation expert Clemens Boringer. He said that flight controllers are in constant communication with their colleagues in the Air Force.

This is a special feature of German air traffic control, compared to other countries in Europe, and was introduced because German airspace is used extensively. As the French air force regularly closes entire flights for scheduled flights during normal operations, civil and military flights to Germany co-ordinate each other daily.

NATO sends a message of prevention

NATO wants to send a political message of prevention with its Air Defender exercise.

More than 10,000 soldiers from NATO countries will take part in numerous exercises. Some of them will be ground-based, including a <x0evation from an air field of”, this exercise was apparently added after the chaos at Kabul Airport in 2021, when the United States and its allies hastily completed their mission in Afghanistan.

Other scenarios include support of ground troops from the air, air battles against enemy aircraft and surveillance of medium-range missiles by NATO combat bombers.

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It is no secret that when it comes to this <x0mic>”, many in Europe think first of Russia and the full offensive it has fought against Ukraine since February 24th, 2022.

Amy Gutmann, the US ambassador to Germany, has declared that the exercises will make up a <x0-king show” of force to other countries in the world.

The US and its NATO allies are playing the prevention card, and this could also have a desirable side effect on them. The Russian Armed Forces will also study these NATO maneuvers, while in Ukraine, the Ukrainian Army is increasing pressure on Russian attackers, with counterattacks along the front to the east and south of the country.

We remember that tensions and the situation in the country's north has led Kosovo to be excluded from the “Defender Europe 23” exercise. US Ambassador to Kosovo Jeff Hovenier had officially confirmed that Kosovo has been excluded from the “Defender Europe 23” as a sanction move following recent developments in the country's north.

Kosovo was part of “Defender Europe 21” while it was scheduled to be part even this year.