Overview
- Several Eurofighter jets from Fliegerhorst Nörvenich have arrived at Weeze Airport for a roughly one-week Verlegeübung, a relocation exercise that trains crews to operate from non-military airfields.
- The Luftwaffe says civilian flight operations will continue at Weeze and does not expect disruptions to holiday services during the exercise.
- Pilots will fly their normal training program with extra sorties and the military will try to limit noise by avoiding afterburner use whenever possible.
- The drill includes hands-on coordination with civilian tower and ground staff on tasks such as air traffic handling and refueling, building interoperability for dispersed operations.
- Weeze, a former British military base now handling about 2.25 million passengers in 2025 and hosting large events, has been used as a practical site for such exercises and the Luftwaffe notes similar deployments at other German civilian airports without reported problems.