LONDON, Jan 11 (APP)-Warplanes from the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy and UK will participate in a three-week air exercise from January 14 in Scotland, the British Ministry of Defence announced on Friday.
Dubbed as ‘NATO Tactical Leadership Programme exercise’, approximately 18 aircraft will take part, comprising of F16s, Mirage F1s, Mirage 2000s, Super Entendards and Tornados from the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Italy.
In addition there will be around 11 other aircraft and helicopters from the UK, France and Italy to provide support on some of the missions. Whilst the aircraft will operate from RAF Kinloss the majority of the overland flying activity will take place in northern Scotland, the Borders and northern England.
TLP is a NATO course involving participation from air forces from eight nations. Its aim is to bring aircrew experienced on their own aircraft type into close contact with participants from other NATO nations. This is to enhance knowledge of the capabilities of potential coalition partners, through the comprehensive planning, execution and debriefing of flying missions.
The exercise ends on February 8.