NATO Allies conduct drills in biannual Integrated Air and Missile Defense exercise Ramstein Legacy

NATO Allies conduct drills in biannual Integrated Air and Missile Defense exercise Ramstein Legacy 2024 In the multinational live exercise Ramstein Legacy 2024, personnel from 20 NATO countries participated in biannual Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) drills across nine locations in Bulgaria and Romania. The exercise concluded with a live-firing event by Surface Based Air and Missile Defense units. Ramstein Legacy serves as NATO’s capstone IAMD exercise, allowing member countries to test command and control, airborne early warning, and air defence system weapon firing. Notably, Finnish and UK fighter jets joined Allied training activities, marking Finland’s first foreign deployment for NATO since joining the Alliance in April 2023. Footage includes Finnish and UK fighter jets launching to fly sorties from Mihail Kogălniceanu Airbase in Romania. It also includes French, German, Polish and Romanian troops demonstrating various weapons systems at Capu Midia Training Rang