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Three Royal Navy warships have joined a Nato military exercise which will be the world’s largest test of naval air defences.

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...

USS Liberty was that there is nothing the Zionist state might not do,  to its friends as well as its enemies, in order to get its own way. On Thursday 8 June 1967, Israeli air and naval forces attacked America’s most advanced spy ship, the U.S.S. Liberty, killing 34 of its crew and wounding 174. Forty five years on, thanks to the complicity of the mainstream media, the cover up ordered by President Johnson is still in place. Two years ago, on New York’s Long Island, I had the pleasure and...

Toggle open close This spring, Russia has been conducting a sizeable military buildup along its border with Ukraine and in occupied Crimea. Most of these deployments seem spontaneous and unrelated to any scheduled training exercises. Russia’s activity has not been limited to the land. There has also been a Russian buildup at sea. Recently, four Russian warships from the Baltic fleet have moved to the Black Sea. In addition, 15 vessels from the Caspian flotilla have just arrived in the Sea of ...

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...

Two USCG cutters arrive in Athens, Greece en route to their homeport in Bahrain The Sentinel-class fast response Coast Guard Cutters Charles Moulthrope (WPC 1141) and Robert Goldman (WPC 1142) arrived in Athens for a routine logistics visit and key leader engagements, April 29, 2021. “A common theme discussed throughout our engagements with the Hellenic Coast Guard, government, and industry leaders is the long-standing history of cooperation between the United States and Greece, particularly ...

U.S. Coast Guard visits partners in Athens, Greece Courtesy Photo | PIRAEUS, Greece (April 28, 2021) Lt. j.g. Alicia Evans, executive officer of USCGC...... read moreread more Courtesy Photo | PIRAEUS, Greece (April 28, 2021) Lt. j.g. Alicia Evans, executive officer of USCGC Robert Goldman (WPC 1142) and Lt. j.g. Jacklyn Kokomoor, executive officer of USCGC Charles Moulthrope (WPC 1141), talks with...

U.S. Coast Guard vessel trains with Turkish ship in Black Sea By The U.S. Coast Guard cutter USCGC Hamilton conducted exercises, including helicopter landings, with the Turkish Navy this week in the Black Sea. Photo courtesy of U.S. Sixth Fleet April 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Coast Guard cutter USCGC Hamilton conducted exercises with the Turkish Navy in the Black Sea, the U.S. Navy Sixth Fleet said on Friday. The Legend-class cutter, which entered the Black Sea this week after transiting the Atl...

VIRIN: 210426-G-HP828-006 This port visit marks the cutters’ third stop while conducting operations in U.S. Sixth Fleet region en route to their new homeport of Manama, Bahrain. ““I’m very happy to welcome the U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutters Robert Goldman and Charles Moulthrope to the port of Piraeus following their historic transatlantic voyage in support of Operation Trailblazer,” said U.S. Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey R. Pyatt. “For 200 years,...