A large-scale air exercise by NATO members started Monday in Germany with Japan joining as an observer as the organization seeks to demonstrate solidarity amid Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine.Dubbed "the largest deployment exercise of air forces in NATO's history" by the German Air Force, the Air Defender 23 exercise in European airspace through June 23 brings together up to 10,000 personnel and 250 airplanes from 23 NATO members, as well as Sweden and Japan.The United States alone is dispatching about 2,000 air and ground crew and 100 aircraft, including state-of-the-art F-35 stealth fight…READ FULL ARTICLE
