Monday 10 / February / 2025
At the start of the Air Defender 23, these Bundeswehr A400M aircrafts took off from Wunstorf Air Base on Monday. Photo credit: DW
A Tornado fighter jet takes off from Schleswig Air Base in Jagel. For the next two weeks, 25 nations will be practicing how to repel a fictitious attack. Photo credit: DW
On a smartphone, the app 'flightradar24' shows the flight path of a Dutch military aircraft over Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on Monday. Photo credit: DW
2,000 flights are planned over the course of the exercise. Parts of the German air space will be repeatedly closed for the drill; the air display at Hamburg Airport already showed numerous delays and cancellations on Monday. Photo credit: DW
The air force exercise has not yet had any consequences for passengers. However, the air traffic industry expects an increase in disruptions over the next few days. Photo credit: DW
The German Armed Forces want to avoid provoking Russia. Ingo Gerhartz, head of the German air force said there would be no flights in the direction of the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. Photo credit: DW
