NATO

Air Deployments Europe 

U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighter Jets Arrive in Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany for Flying Training Deployment

August 9, 2018August 11, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments European Deterrence Initiative (EDI), Fifth-generation jet fighter, Fighter aircraft, Flying Training Deployment (FTD), Germany, Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, NATO, Spangdahlem Air Base, Tyndall AFB, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

The U.S. Air Force (USAF) has deployed one squadron of F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jets to Spangdahlem Air Base in

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Air Europe 

Spanish Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon Aircraft Accidentally Fires Live Air-to-Air Missile While Over Estonia

August 7, 2018August 7, 2018 DP Press Releases 1 Comment AIM-120 AMRAAM, Air-to-air missile (AAM), Baltic Air Policing, Estonia, Eurofighter Typhoon, Fighter aircraft, NATO, Šiauliai Air Base, Spain, Spanish Air Force (SPAF)

A Spanish Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft accidentally fired a live air-to-air missile (AAM) over Estonian territory on August

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Deployments Europe 

U.S. Air Force Deploys Thirteen F-15 Eagle Fighter Jets to Keflavik Air Base, Iceland

August 7, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Boeing F-15 Eagle, Iceland, Keflavik Air Base, NATO, NATO Icelandic Air Surveillance (IAS) mission, RAF Lakenheath, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

The U.S. Air Force deployed 13 F-15C/D Eagle fighter jets to Keflavik Air Base, Iceland from July 30 to Aug.

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Deployments Europe 

RAF Typhoons Launched in Response to Russian Su-24 Attack Aircraft Operating Near NATO Airspace over the Black Sea

July 26, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Black Sea, Eurofighter Typhoon, Fighter aircraft, Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, NATO, NATO Enhanced Air Policing (EAP), Romania, Royal Air Force (RAF), Russia, Sukhoi Su-24, UK

Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoons based in Romania have been launched in response to Russian Su-24 ‘Fencer’ attack aircraft operating

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Air/ Missile Defense Europe 

Lockheed Martin, ThalesRaytheonSystems Join Forces to Provide NATO Alliance with Battlespace Intelligence System

July 17, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD), Lockheed Martin, NATO, Raytheon, Thales, ThalesRaytheonSystems

Lockheed Martin and ThalesRaytheonSystems are joining forces to provide the NATO Alliance with a territorial Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) command

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GeoPolitics/ Policy Middle East 

Canada to Assume Command of New NATO Training Mission in Iraq

July 11, 2018 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Canada, Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), Iraq, NATO

Canada will assume command of a new NATO training and capacity building mission in Iraq for its first year, Prime

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Air/ Missile Defense Americas 

NATO Seasparrow Project Office Conducts Flight Test of Evolved Seasparrow Missile Block 2

July 6, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Aerial Target Drone, Air Defense System, NATO, Northrop BQM-74 Chukar, RIM-162 Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM), U.S. Navy (USN), USA

The NATO Seasparrow Project Office recently conducted a successful flight test of the Evolved Seasparrow Missile Block 2 (ESSM Block

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Europe Naval 

Royal Navy Warship, HMS Ramsey Joins NATO Mine Clearance Taskforce in the Baltic Sea

June 15, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Baltic Sea, HMS Ramsey (M110), Mine-Countermeasure Vessel (MCMV), NATO, Royal Navy, Sandown-class minehunter, Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG1), UK

The Royal Navy Sandown-class mine countermeasures vessel (MCMV), HMS Ramsey (M110), has joined a NATO mine clearance taskforce in the

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Americas Naval 

U.S. Navy Reactivates 2nd Fleet to Protect East Coast, Northern Atlantic Ocean

May 6, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Atlantic Ocean, NATO, U.S. 2nd Fleet, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, U.S. Navy (USN), USA

The U.S. Navy Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Adm. John Richardson, announced the establishment of U.S. 2nd Fleet during a

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Americas GeoPolitics/ Policy 

U.S. DoD Offers to Host the Proposed NATO Joint Force Command for the Atlantic

May 5, 2018June 18, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments NATO, Naval Station Norfolk, USA

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) announced, on May 4, that it has officially offered to host the proposed NATO

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