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Europe GeoPolitics/ Policy 

North Macedonia Joins NATO as 30th Ally

March 27, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments NATO, North Macedonia

North Macedonia became NATO’s newest member, upon depositing its instrument of accession to the North Atlantic Treaty with the U.S.

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Air Europe 

Belgian Air Force F-16 Jets Intercept Russian Aircraft Flying Close to Allied Airspace

March 27, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Baltic Air Policing, Baltic Sea, Belgian Air Force, Belgium, Lockheed Martin F-16, NATO, Russia

Belgian Air Force F-16 jets which are part of NATO air policing in the Baltic Sea region intercepted a Russian

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Europe Misc 

Slovakia Receives Urgent Medical Supplies Through SALIS Capabilities

March 26, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Antonov An-124, China, Coronavirus, NATO, NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), Slovakia, Strategic Air Lift International Solution (SALIS)

About 48 tons of protective medical supplies arrived in Slovakia on March 25 to help combat the effects of coronavirus

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Europe Naval 

NATO SNMG2 Vessels Enter Black Sea

March 26, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Black Sea, HMCS Fredericton (FFH 337), ITS Virginio Fasan (F591), NATO, Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2), TCG Salihreis (F-246)

Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) units entered the Black Sea on Monday, 23 March for routine operations in the

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Air Europe 

Mobile General Ground Station Transferred to NATO AGS Main Operating Base in Sigonella

March 24, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Italy, Mobile General Ground Station (MGGS), NAS Sigonella, NATO, NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS), RQ-4D Phoenix, Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV)

The first Production Unit of the mobile deployable part of the Allied Ground Surveillance (AGS) Core system, the Mobile General

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Asia-Pacific Misc 

Four Resolute Support Service Members in Afghanistan Tests Positive for COVID-19

March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Afghanistan, Coronavirus, NATO, Operation Resolute Support

Four Coalition service members have tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), marking the first positive tests among the NATO Resolute

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Europe Naval 

NATO Forces Exercise with French Navy Charles de Gaulle Carrier Strike Group

March 24, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Charles de Gaulle (R91), France, French Navy, NATO, Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1), Task Force 473 (French Navy)

French carrier strike group and its flagship, the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, trained with the Standing NATO Maritime Group

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Europe Misc 

NCI Agency Kicks Off Work on Bulgarian NATO Combat Identification System Upgrades

March 23, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Bulgaria, Bulgarian Armed Forces, Identification friend or foe (IFF), IFF Mode 5, NATO, NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency)

​The NATO Communications and Information (NCI) Agency has begun work on a project to upgrade several of Bulgaria’s air defence

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Europe Naval 

HMS Sutherland Completes Her Intense Winter Training in Arctic Circle

March 19, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Arctic, Exercise Cold Response, Frigate, HMS Sutherland (F81), NATO, Royal Navy, Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1), Type 23 frigate, UK

The UK Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Sutherland (F81) has completed her intense winter training in the Arctic Circle

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Americas Misc 

NATO Service Member at Nellis Air Force Base Tests Positive for COVID-19

March 19, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Coronavirus, Exercise Red Flag, NATO, Nellis AFB, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

A NATO service member at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, USA, has tested positive for Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the

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