The Federal Air Force proudly announced a success on Tuesday afternoon. In just 20 hours and 22 minutes instead of the targeted 24 hours, she would have completed her transfer from Neuburg in Bavaria to Singapore, reported those responsible from Singapore.
However, one of the six fighter jets collapsed due to technical problems and had to stay behind during the stopover in Abu Dhabi.
According to the Air Force Inspector, the mission is the Air Force’s largest and most challenging mission in its history. There they want to show the government in Beijing and other countries, as they casually say internally, that Germany also stands by its “value allies” on the other side of the world. A high-ranking officer chose the words: “This far and no further.”
China is obviously watching the mission very closely. The state newspaper Global Times even explicitly quoted a report by the Berlin “Tagesspiegel” including a graphic about the planned flight routes as part of “Rapid Pacific 2022.
