Maple Flag exercise significantly cut back but exact reasons why remain murky

This year’s Maple Flag exercise will run for only 12 days, less than half of time usually earmarked for the RCAF’s annual premier training event.
Exercise Maple Flag will take place at Cold Lake, Alberta from June 11 to June 22, with more than 1,500 Canadian military personnel and hundreds of military staff from other nations, according to the RCAF.
But previous Maple Flag exercises have run more than twice as long. Last year Maple Flag ran from May 29 to June 23 (26 days). It involv