01/28/2016: U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa extract a notional French downed pilot during a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel exercise, Dec. 7 near Albacete, Spain. TRAP exercise was a part of a month-long Tactical Leadership Programme Flying Course, designed to train fighter jet pilots from…
01/01/2016: The Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) is NATO’s quick deployable command centre. The ARRC is usually based in Gloucester UK, however it is seen deployed in Lielvarde, Latvia on exercise Arrcade Fusion. Commanded by Lieutenant General Tim Evans, the exercise tests the ARRC’s ability to set up a large headquarters…
11/02/2015: NATO warships have lined up to within just a few hundred feet of each other and taken part in a complicated group exercise for Exercise Trident Juncture 15. The movement was captured by Royal Navy photographers as part of Officer of the Watch Maneuvers – a difficult task that tests…
11/02/2015: Russian Observers visited a training area in Teulada during the NATO Exercise Trident Juncture 2015. LTC Yuri Praskovin, the Inspector Team Leader, COL Valentin Barykin, LTC Oleg Lozhkyn and 1st LT Yuri Sukhanov attended. Turkish F16 fighter pilots conduct training sorties from the Los Llanos airbase, as part of…
10/29/2015: The Royal Netherlands Navy is preparing for participation in the NATO Response Force (NRF) by conducting amphibious landing training off the coast of Spain as part of Exercise Trident Juncture 2015. The Netherlands is commanding an amphibious task force during the exercise, consisting of a maritime staff aboard the…
10/23/2015: The live portion of Trident Juncture – NATO’s biggest exercise in over a decade, kicks off today. Portuguese “Fuzileiros” Marines and U.S. Marines put forces ashore in a beach in Pinheiro da Cruz from the USS Arlington in an amphibious assault training exercise. Meanwhile in San Gregorio, Spain, the Baltic…
10/15/2015: The Norwegians are serious about defense. And they are investing in capabilities to provide deterrence against their aggressive neighbor, the Russian bear. In the rollout of the first Norwegian F-35, Norwegian defense officials made it clear that there were focused on transforming their forces, with the F-35 as a…
10/03/2015: U.S. Marines assigned to 2d Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, Bravo Battery, establish a simulated defensive position in support of Red Flag at Tonopah Test Range, Nev., July 23, 2015. Red Flag is an advanced aerial combat exercise to train U.S., NATO, and other allied countries for air combat…
