DefenceTalkUkraine has opened a series of large-scale air-force exercises with the United States and seven other NATO countries, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry says. The 12-day-long Clear Sky 2018 war games are being held in western Ukraine. Some 700 troops are taking part, half of them from NATO member countries — the United States, Britain, Netherlands, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ukraine-launches-air-exercises-with-nato-countries-71891/

DefenceTalkThe US and South Korea on Monday kicked off their largest ever joint air exercise, an operation North Korea has labeled an “all-out provocation”, days after Pyongyang fired its most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile. The five-day Vigilant Ace drill — involving 230 aircraft, including F-22 Raptor stealth jet fighters, and tens of thousands of troops […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-south-korea-begin-largest-ever-joint-air-drill-70939/

DefenceTalkSouth Korea’s military said Thursday it would hold its largest-ever joint air drill with the United States as tensions mount over a series of threats from North Korea. The twice-yearly Max Thunder exercise — to be held from Friday to April 25 — will be the largest-ever involving 103 aircraft and 1,400 troops, the air […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-korea-us-to-hold-largest-ever-joint-air-drill-59299/