⢠NATO Allies support Slovenia following deadly flooding
⢠Video - Germany deploys fighter jets to Iceland
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NATO Allies are providing support to Slovenia after record rainfall starting last Friday triggered severe flooding affecting two-thirds of the country. Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg spoke by phone with Prime Minister Robert Golob on Monday (7 August 2023), expressing his condolences and NATOâs strong solidarity with Slovenia.
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On Thursday (3 August 2023), the Portuguese and Romanian fighter jet detachments at Å iauliai, Lithuania and the UK Royal Air Force detachment at Ãmari, Estonia ended their four-month rotation of Baltic Air Policing, handing the baton to incoming detachments of Eurofighters from Italy and Spain. (Story courtesy of Allied Air Command)
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The German air force has sent fighter aircraft to Iceland for the first time in over a decade as part of a rapid deployment exercise. From 28 July to 10 August, six German Eurofighters and 50 personnel are deployed to Keflavik air base from where the squadron will conduct up to eight practice flights daily. Coordinated by NATOâs Control and Reporting Centre in Keflavik, exercise âRapid Vikingâ will help familiarise German aircrews with Icelandâs airspace and flying in arctic conditions. The Luftwaffe last deployed to Iceland in 2012 as part of NATOâs peacetime air-policing mission. (Story courtesy of Allied Air Command)
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On a bright summer day, staff joined the NATO beekeeper at the honey harvesting workshop at Alliance Headquarters in Brussels on Thursday (10 August 2023). Starting with two hives in 2020, the NATO apiary currently contains four beehives due to the success of honey production. This yearâs yield is expected to reach around 50 kilograms.
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To better defend its eastern border, NATO is practicing the rapid deployment of combat-ready troops and strengthening its ability to quickly scale up battlegroups from battalion to a larger brigade size formation where and when required.
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