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(23 Mar 2022) Thousands of NATO troops are taking part in military exercises across Norway to test the ability of the alliance to operate in cold-weather conditions.
The 'Cold Response 22' drill seeks to enhance Norway's defensive capabilities against external threats.
It involves 27 nations — NATO allies and partners — with some 30,000 troops, 50 warships and more than 200 planes taking part.
The drill was planned long before Russia's invasion of Ukraine but has taken on added significance as a result of the offensive.
As part of the exercise, an air refueling tanker set off from the German city of Cologne on Tuesday.
Flying over Norway, crew members aboard the Airbus A330 delivered fuel to Norwegian F-35 fighter jets and Swedish Gripen planes, in an air-to-air refueling drill.
Lt. Col. Christian Koernig, who was piloting the A330, said this kind of exercise was important in light of current NATO deployments, to "harmonize ... operations with our allies."
Since the start of NATO's enhanced vigilance activity, initiated due to the events in Ukraine, almost two million liters of fuel had been delivered in air-to-air refuelling operations, Koernig added.
Cold Response 22 runs between March 14 and April 1.

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