The “Tiger Meet” air defence manoeuvre has begun in the airspace over northern Germany, with aircraft and personnel from 11 NATO members plus non-NATO countries Switzerland and Austria taking part. “The first aircraft have been in the air since 9 am (0700 GMT),” a spokesman for Jagel airbase in the state of Schleswig-Holstein told dpa. Around 60 combat jets and helicopters from other countries along, with some 1,100 additional troops, are joining the German air force on the manoeuvre. Storms in the south of the country on Friday had impacted the original flight plans on Friday, the spokesman s…