The biggest exercise ever to take place in Europe for a generation, Air Defender 23, hosted by the German Air Force (GAF), is in its second week as I write this. With the GAF opting not to invite specialist media or even hold a spotters-day because of a lack of media personnel (quite surprising given they had five years to organize that), many of us were left to cart our stepladders around the base fences to catch the action.
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