Overview

• The two‑week exercise fields roughly 2,000 personnel and more than 70 aircraft operating primarily over the North Sea.
• Sorties launch from bases at Volkel in the Netherlands, Kleine‑Brogel in Belgium, Lakenheath in the UK and Skrydstrup in Denmark.
• Germany contributes three Tornado jets configured for nuclear delivery and four Eurofighters under NATO’s nuclear‑sharing framework.
• Training focuses on the secure handling and simulated release of US B61 weapons using only dummy bombs without live warheads.
• NATO describes the drill as routine deterrence training, and planners say recent drone sightings pose no new challenge to operations.