Exercise Steadfast Noon, NATO’s annual nuclear deterrence exercise, is being held over October 14 to 24, 2024 and is being run alongside Exercise Strike Warrior.
A NATO spokesperson exclusively told Key.Aero that Steadfast Noon will take place in UK, Danish and Dutch airspace with some aircraft deployed to bases in the UK, Belgium, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands. Other countries where aircraft will fly out of are Italy and the US.
The list of aircraft types and air arms supplied to Key.Aero that are participating in this year’s Steadfast Noon is: Belgian Air Component F-16 Fighting Falcon; Czech Air Force JAS-39 Gripen; Royal Danish Air Force F-16; German Air Force A400M, EF-2000 and Tornado; Finnish Air Force F/A-18 Hornet; Hellenic Air Force F-16; Italian Air Force Tornado and KC-767; NATO E-3A; NATO Multinational Tanker Unit A330 MRTT; RAF Typhoon, Voyager and RAF/RN F-35B Lightning; Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35A Lightning; Polish Air Force F-16; Romanian Air Force F-16; Turkish Air Force F-16; US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress; F-15E Strike Eagle, F-35 and KC-135 Stratotanker.
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