Largest NATO Airborne drills - US

I. US Army has launched the largest NATO airborne drills in Europe since the end of the Cold War, to enhance 'security and stability' in the region.

II. The airborne drill which has been named as "Swift Response 15" is believed to be the largest Allied airborne training event on the continent since the end of the Cold War

III. Swift Response 15 will continue
until September 13, in which nearly 5,000 soldiers from 11 Nato allies are taking part.

IV. Soldiers from Bulgaria, France,
Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal,Spain, the UK and the United States are taking part in the
exercise
V. During the drill the allied warplanes led by US will drop more than one thousand paratroopers and warfare
equipment to Hohenfels training
area in Germany.

VI. "Swift Response 15" marks the return to Europe of the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division for the first time since it was sent to carry out operations in Kosovo in 1999

VII. After a short break NATO is set to stage another major exercise,Trident Juncture 2015 , which is to take place in Spain, Italy and Portugal late September.

Objective of the drill :-

The aim of the drills is to increase the capabilities of NATO's "high-readiness forces" based in Europe, and also to "demonstrate the alliance's capacity to
rapidly deploy and operate in support of maintaining a strong and secure Europe

About NATO :-

I. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) , is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
II. NATO constitutes a system of
collective defence whereby its
member states agree to mutual
defense in response to an attack
by any external party

Headquarters:- Haren, Brussels

NATO has 28 member countries article five of the North Atlantic Treaty states that if an armed attack occurs against one of the member states, it should be
considered an attack against all members,and other members shall assist the attacked member, with armed forces if necessary