NATO Baltic Air Policing forces, including the Royal Air Force Typhoons, German Air Force Eurofighters, Portuguese and Romanian F16s, and Finnish F18s, participated in the first iteration of Exercise Ramstein Alloy.
The two-day exercise took place over the Baltic Sea, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania and aimed to test air-to-air tactics and interoperability among the participating nations.
The exercise focused on the ability of several NATO Air Forces to integrate multiple platforms with varying specialisations and align them with a broader strategic objective.
It included live air-to-air scenarios that tested the Alliance’s capability to intercept unresponsive aircraft and transfer escorting responsibilities between different NATO Air Policing flight information regions.
Additionally, the exercise saw the integration of the Spanish NASAMS air defence system, which has recently been deployed to Estonia.
The successful completion of Exercise Ramstein Alloy demonstrates the commitment of NATO forces to maintaining the security and stability of the Baltic region.
There has been many international Exercises over the past few months, which is a good thing, however I’ve noticed that France (being EU’s largest military) Don’t really contribute much if anything to these Exercises
In all fairness to them, they are contributing to the Baltic Air Policing mission and providing the Enhanced forward Presence battlegroup in Romania as well as GBAD in Romania – so in that light they are as committed as the UK.
Also the French have a very much south-facing focus too and run a lot of NATO exercises in the Med. I think perhaps we just don’t see as many of the reports because we naturally focus on the UK.
We might see a bit more of them in the future!
“Aeralis has announced that it has entered the French market, with a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed with a national ‘Red Air’ training provider on 26 April.
“The MOU is designed to facilitate collaborative working to explore an aircraft service offering in the light fast-jet defence market, targeting upcoming contracts in French defence operational training and combat air support roles. It also seeks to explore the opportunities across the French market for ‘air support service’ hours, identifying the requirement gap in quantifiable terms,” the announcement said.”
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