Steadfast Noon 2021
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 9:33 pm
"Steadfast Noon" gathers aircraft and personnel from 14 NATO countries. The bases used for the drills are Aviano AB and Ghedi, in Italy. NATO's yearly "deterrence" exercise, codenamed "Steadfast Noon", kicked off on Oct. 18, 2021. Dozens of aircraft from across the alliance are currently deployed to Italy and will carry out joint training during the 1-week drills. As already happened in the past, this year's Steadfast Noon takes place alongside another exercise, dubbed "Cross Servicing" or "X-Servicing", whose goal is to test the ability of each partner to service other nation's aircraft at NATO airfield operating on their territory....
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