Geilenkirchen will be open the next 2 weekends

Ben84 · Post by **Ben84** » 09 May 2019, 17:21

https://www.zo-nws.nl/content/komende-w ... awacsbasis

The next two weekends there will be extra flights to and from the NATO Airbase Geilenkirchen.

mainsail2011 · Post by **mainsail2011** » 09 May 2019, 18:04

anybody know's.... why?

K-9 · Post by **K-9** » 09 May 2019, 18:22

Likely to be related to the EU summit in Sibiu.
According a post on the E-3A components FB page

Ben84 · Post by **Ben84** » 09 May 2019, 18:58

K-9 wrote:Likely to be related to the EU summit in Sibiu.
According a post on the E-3A components FB page

That was only today.

https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meet ... 019/05/09/

Thijs · Post by **Thijs** » 09 May 2019, 19:08

Nothing in the Notams (yet) one would expect extra traffic around Trump's visit to Europe early June

Ben84 · Post by **Ben84** » 09 May 2019, 21:38

Canada, Denmark, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States will participate by sending ships and aircraft. Belgium and Germany will support the exercise with staff officers. A total of 13 ships, 10 aircraft, and about 3,300 personnel are involved. Maritime patrol aircraft and NATO AWACS surveillance aircraft will provide aerial over-watch and ensure that the airspace is clear. Formidable Shield will cover a huge area in the North Atlantic - from more than 1,000 km west of the Scottish Hebrides, and from the south of Ireland to the southern end of Iceland

https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_165940.htm

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