NATO's Massive Air Drills Display Strength Against Russia.

NATO is set to launch its biggest-ever military exercise, Air Defender 23, hosted by Germany, with 10,000 participants and 250 aircraft from 25 nations responding to a simulated attack on a NATO member country. The exercise is intended to demonstrate the agility and swiftness of the allied force in NATO as a first responder and to show that NATO territory is a red line that will be defended. The United States alone is sending 2,000 US Air National Guard personnel and about 100 aircraft to take part in the training maneuvers. The exercise will cause some disruption to civilian flights in Europe during the period.