RAF prepares for war with major multinational drills in Germany involving jets and drones
BRITISH pilots are joining forces with seven other European allies for a major exercise involving 600 troops from across the continent in a show of strength in the face of mounting Russian aggression.
By TOM BATCHELOR
Express.co.uk
Thu, Oct 27, 2016
RAF personnel are taking part in the drills in Bavaria alongside forces from France, Spain, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Norway.
The unit will test the NATO member’s readiness to deploy a multi-national task force at short notice.
The start of the exercise saw British troops from RAF Leeming’s 90 Signals Unit establish communications, navigation aids, a mobile air traffic control tower and mobile radar facilities at the fictional air base in southern Germany.
Personnel from 1 Air Control Centre then set up a temporary landing zone and provided enemy air activity warnings in the staged drill.
They provided enemy air activity warnings and directed helicopters, fighter jets and drones to their landing targets.
RAF Police officers also took part, conducting patrols and searches with attack and explosives dogs such as Borik, a German Shepherd, and Tyco, a Belgian Malinois.
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