03/20/2017: According to an article published March 12, 2017 by the Norwegian Ministry of Defence, a UK Royal Marines and a US Marine comment on winter training in Norway. Allies: Training in Norway is challenging but educational The British Corporal Michael Owen from Royal Marines and Captain Mark Edgar from the…
03/20/2017: Joint Viking is a Norwegian national exercise, where the main goals are to practice crisis management and the defense of Norway. According to an article published by the Norwegian Ministry of Defence which announced the exercise for March 2017: The exercise also aims to increase the Norwegian Armed Forces ability…
03/15/2017: Exercise OCEAN EXPLORER 17 (OE17) is a major Fleet training activity led by the Royal Australian Navy, Exercise Ocean Explorer and jointly-enabled by the Royal Australian Air Force and other nations’ forces. The maritime exercise is one of the largest iterations of the exercise held in the West Australian Exercise…
2017-03-06 In an article published on the Italian Ministry of Defence website on February 22, 2017, the first official visit of an Italian Minister of Defence to Australia was discussed. With the coming of the F-35 to the Avalon Air Show in early March, the two countries are key partners…
03/01/2017: According to a story on the Australian Ministry of Defence website published on February 24, 2017, the Australian Navy is hosting a multinational training exercise which features its new amphibious ship. [maxgallery id="94617"] More than 17 ships and aircraft are descending on the Western Australian coast for one of the…
02/28/2017: According to a story published on the Australian Ministry of Defence’s website on February 22, 2107, the RAAF is going to Cope North to hone its high end combat skills. [maxgallery id="94631"] The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has deployed to Guam to participate in Exercise Cope North 2017—a high…
02/02/2017: HMAS Arunta operates as part of the multi-national Combined Maritime Forces, predominately tasked to support Combined Task Force 150 for counter-terrorism and maritime security operations. HMAS Arunta's S70-B Helicopter (Skeletor) fires decoy flares for exercise while on patrol in the Middle East region. Arunta is deployed on Operation MANITOU,…
01/29/2017: The Australian Defence Force took to the water, land and skies for Australia Day festivities in Sydney. HMAS Canberra was the centerpiece for the 'Salute to Australia' which involves a 21 Gun salute by Army artillery from Bradfield Park and a fly past by aircraft from the Royal Australian Air…
