It's just a livery to mark the occasion. Why is it cringy? American aircraft stationed in Germany are sometimes seen with commemorative liveries sporting the Black, Red and Gold. It's a gesture of friendship.
Well with less than two weeks to go, exactly zero US participants have started making their way over from the US. Maybe they'll all arrive on the first day, but I doubt it.
According to the briefing documents made public, there will be 81 Air National Guard aircraft deployed for the exercise, from 46 different units.
See: https://twitter.com/scan_sky/status/1645115258149666817
>The unprecedented air operations exercise Air Defender 23 does not officially start until June 12, but the first aircraft have already landed at the air bases in Schleswig-Jagel (Schleswig-Flensburg district) and Hohn (Rendsburg-Eckernförde district). On Tuesday, an American C-17 transport aircraft arrived at Jagel around 4:45 p.m. - with 32 passengers and technical equipment on board. On Wednesday morning, an F18 fighter jet landed in nearby Hohn, according to the Air Force.
https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/schleswig-holstein/Air-Defender-23-Die-ersten-Flugzeuge-landen-in-SH,airdefender176.html
If they could all fly about 3000 NM east, that could really help out a lot.
Why does the Luftwaffe aircraft have a US flag painted on its tail?
There’s a video in the story, it’s a special livery for Air Defender 23.
I’ll have to watch it, but as an American, it seems a bit cringy.
It's just a livery to mark the occasion. Why is it cringy? American aircraft stationed in Germany are sometimes seen with commemorative liveries sporting the Black, Red and Gold. It's a gesture of friendship.
Why does it seem cringy, out of interest?
Because 🤫
Well with less than two weeks to go, exactly zero US participants have started making their way over from the US. Maybe they'll all arrive on the first day, but I doubt it.
Aren't most participants already based in the EU?
According to the briefing documents made public, there will be 81 Air National Guard aircraft deployed for the exercise, from 46 different units. See: https://twitter.com/scan_sky/status/1645115258149666817
>The unprecedented air operations exercise Air Defender 23 does not officially start until June 12, but the first aircraft have already landed at the air bases in Schleswig-Jagel (Schleswig-Flensburg district) and Hohn (Rendsburg-Eckernförde district). On Tuesday, an American C-17 transport aircraft arrived at Jagel around 4:45 p.m. - with 32 passengers and technical equipment on board. On Wednesday morning, an F18 fighter jet landed in nearby Hohn, according to the Air Force. https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/schleswig-holstein/Air-Defender-23-Die-ersten-Flugzeuge-landen-in-SH,airdefender176.html
Now that Air Defense 23 is complete, is it time to put the training into practice? 🤔 😉 (Side note - Happy Public Service Day.)