[D66] Exercise Ramstein Flag 2025

[René Oudeweg]

https://www.key.aero/article/more-details-exercise-ramstein-flag-2025-revealed

Ramstein Flag 2025 revealed
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NATO's Allied Air Command (AIRCOM), in collaboration with the Royal 
Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF), will conduct Exercise Ramstein Flag 2025 
(RAFL25) from March 31 to April 11, 2025.

This large-scale tactical live-fly exercise will involve over 90 
aircraft taking part from 12 air bases. An AIRCOM spokesperson told 
Key.Aero: "The Royal Netherlands Air Force's air bases of Leeuwarden and 
Eindhoven will be the centres of gravity for the exercise, but not 
necessarily the 'main bases' of the exercise. Distributed operations is 
more akin to a network-based mindset, in which redundancy is inherent to 
cohesive air operations across the spectrum of activities; no one node 
is more important than the other. Distributing air operations across 
various locations across NATO requires speed, flexibility, and 
adaptability, and that is what we strive to exercise during Ramstein 
Flag 2025."  According to AIRCOM  the countries participating with 
aircraft are: Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, 
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, 
United States and The Netherlands. NATO’s E-3A AWACS and Airbus A330 
Multi Role Tanker Transports are also scheduled to take part.