NATO Air and Maritime forces conducted an Air Defence Exercise in the Black Sea last week.

Participation included allied fighter assets from the Greek, Romanian and Turkish air forces, a NATO AWACS, a Romanian C-27 transport aircraft, a Turkish Military Patrol Aircraft and three Allied frigates from the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) – Italian Navy flagship Fasan, the Romanian Navy Regina Maria and the Turkish Navy Barbaros.

SNMG 2 forces are transiting across the Black Sea and will take part in Exercise Sea Breeze 2021 after the ADEX.

NATO say here that while initially Turkish Air Force F-16 fighters simulated attacks on the NATO ships which trained defence drills against these attacked, the Greek and Romanian F-16s, in a separate event, conducted similar training manoeuvres with the Greek fighters attacking the ships which responded in a joint manner with the Romanian fighters.

Subsequently, the Greek and Romanian fighters conducted air-to-air combat drills.

“Overall the air-maritime integration training demonstrates NATO’s capabilities, readiness and resolve to protect Allied populations; with our ships and aircraft peacefully operating off the Romanian coast we also assure the Allies in the region,” said Allied Air Command Deputy Chief of Staff Brigadier General Andrew Hansen.

“Our jets are unarmed to enable maximum training benefit and allowing for interoperability among the four Allies’ fighters,” he added.

You can read more here.

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George has a degree in Cyber Security from Glasgow Caledonian University and has a keen interest in naval and cyber security matters and has appeared on national radio and television to discuss current events. George is on Twitter at @geoallison
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Pete
Pete
2 years ago

Hey George. Something strange going on with the army bridge post. Comes through on Android all jumbled with overlapping text / images. Not repeated on other posts. Tried going in / out but same result!

Goldilocks
Goldilocks
2 years ago
Reply to  Pete

Yes, I’ve experienced that as well

Andy P
Andy P
2 years ago
Reply to  Pete

Same on a windows laptop.

Shaun
Shaun
2 years ago
Reply to  Pete

Same on an Apple tablet.

Karl
Karl
2 years ago
Reply to  Shaun

Oh dear, must be hacked.

Pete
Pete
2 years ago

“Our jets are unarmed to enable maximum training benefit and allowing for interoperability among the four Allies’ fighters,” Andrew Hansen.

Anyone able to translate?

Damo
Damo
2 years ago
Reply to  Pete

Sounds more like they are unarmed so the Russians don’t get the wrong idea

pete
pete
2 years ago
Reply to  Damo

Indeed…lol…could be the same reason Defender didn’t have Harpoon fitted.

Frank62
Frank62
2 years ago

If you’re flying in the Black sea, you’re either a submarine or crashed!