Luftwaffe at large

Brilliant Arrow 2017 was the Luftwaffe’s largest exercise of the year. Joris van Boven and Alex van Noye were at Wittmund to see the action. EXERCISE REPORT Brilliant Arrow 2017 The aim of Brilliant Arrow 2017 (BRAW17) was to obtain NATO Response Force (NRF) certification for Germany’s Joint Force Air Component Command (JFAC HQ DEU) based in Kalkar, which assumes command-and-control responsibility for the NRF next year. The exercise lasted from September 11 to 22 and took place exclusively in