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Exercise Formidable Shield involves 15 ships, more than ten aircraft and in excess of 3,000 personnel.

FERROL, Spain The Spanish Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate ESPS Cristóbal Colón (F-105) is this year’s designated flag ship for the execution of Exercise At-Sea Demonstration/Formidable Shield 2021, scheduled to take place May 15 to June 3. At-Sea Demo/Formidable Shield is a U.S. Sixth Fleet-led exercise, conducted by Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO), in which NATO Allies are the participants. “It’s a wonderful opportunity to show our relationship wi...

Launcher set up at UK MoD Hebrides for GQM-163A firings 11 May 2021 by Richard Scott A US launcher asset dating from the late 1960s has been installed on the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) Hebrides range off northwest Scotland ahead of the 10-nation ‘At Sea Demonstration/Formidable Shield 2021’ (‘ASD/FS21’) integrated air and missile defence exercise. The modified AML 4K3 twin-arm launcher will be used to launch Northrop Grumman GQM-163A Coyote supersonic sea-skimming missile targets duri...

Britain sends patrol ships to English Channel island amid fishery tensions with France By (0) Two British Royal Navy ships have been sent to the island of Jersey ahead of a planned blockade by French fishing vessels protesting new fishing licenses from the island. Image courtesy of Google Maps/Website May 6 (UPI) -- The British government said it dispatched two Royal Navy patrol ships to Jersey as tensions over fisheries between the self-governing island and France climb. In a statement Wedne...

VIRIN: 210501-N-FO901-1001 At-Sea Demo/Formidable Shield is a U.S. Sixth Fleet-led exercise, conducted by Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO), in which NATO Allies are the participants. “It’s a wonderful opportunity to show our relationship with the exercise organization and with this big challenge of the ballistic missile defense in Europe,” said Cristóbal Colón Commanding Officer, Cmdr. Juan Bautista Payá. “It’s a really demanding tas...

Spanish warship to lead NATO Formidable Shield exercises By The frigate ESPS Cristobal Colon of the Spanish Navy will be the flagship of NATOs Formidable Shield 2021 exercise, beginning on May 15. Photo courtesy of Spain Ministry of Defense May 3 (UPI) -- The Spanish Navys frigate ESPS Cristobal Colon will lead a multination interoperability exercise off the Portuguese coast, the U.S. Navy announced on Monday. The two-week exercise, known as Exercise At-Sea Demo/Formidable Shield 2021, will...

USNI News Search for: Home » Foreign Forces » UPDATED: Adm. Grady: Redesignation to Atlantic Fleet May Have Implications for Homeland Defense Mission UPDATED: Adm. Grady: Redesignation to Atlantic Fleet May Have Implications for Homeland Defense Mission January 14, 2021 1:26 PM USS Roosevelt (DDG-80) fires an SM-3 missile during exercise Formidable Shield 2019. US Navy Photo This post has been updated to include clarification and additional information from U.S. Fleet Forces Command about the...