Huge German-U.S. Exercise To Give Luftwaffe Up-Close View Of F-35

Brian Everstine April 06, 2023

An F-35 arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on April 5 with a German A400M in the background.

Credit: Brian Everstine
JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Maryland—The U.S. Air Force is planning the largest transatlantic crossing of combat aircraft since the lead-up to the 1990-1991 Gulf War this summer, as part of a German-led exercise that will be the biggest since the founding of NATO. The massive Air Defender 2023 exercise will...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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