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Standing NATO Mine Counter Measures Group Two In Istanbul
The Standing NATO Mine Counter Measures Group Two arrived in Istanbul on 24 March 2017. The task group had made her northbound passage through the city 20 days before. During this 20 days the task...
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Bulgarian Naval Exercise Breeze 2017 Has Started
Super Vita class fast attack craft, HS Anthypoploiarchos Ritsos passed through Turkish Straits to participate in Breeze 2017 naval exercise. Naming of military operations and exercises has always been...
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Submarine Search, Escape And Rescue Exercise Dynamic Monarch 2017 Starts...
Commissioned in January this year, submarine rescue mother ship TCG Alemdar will take part in Dynamic Monarch exercise. Turkey will host the submarine search, escape and rescue exercise Dynamic...
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Dynamic Monarch 2017 Paticipant List
Submarine rescue exercise Dynamic Monarch is continuing in Eastern Mediterranean, near Turkish Naval Base Aksaz. The exercise is hosted by Turkey and sponsored by NATO. The participants are...
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Brilliant Mariner 2017 Has Kicked Off In France
A part of the NATO fleet gathering in Toulon for Brilliant Mariner 2017. Refer the numbers to the list below for identification. Photo: French Armed Forces. A large fleet of warships gathered in French...
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Joint Warrior 2017 Starts Today
Type-23 class frigate HMS Argyll, seen here in early August during an overhaul in Plymouth is going to take part in Exercise Joint Warrior 2017/2. Brilliant Mariner is not the only exercise NATO is...
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Electronic Warfare Exercise In Antalya
SPS Blas De Lezo (left) TCG Fatih (right) in Antalya. Photo: denizhaber According to Turkish General Staff website Spanish frigate SPS Blas De Lezo, along with Turkish frigates TCG Fatih, TCG Gaziantep...
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NATO SNMCMG-2 In Batumi And In Piraeus
Bulgarian minesweeper Shakval is one of the ship visiting Batumi. This photo was taken in February 2016 during her visit with SNMCMG-2 in Istanbul. A part of the UK led NATO mine warfare task force...
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Nusret 2017 Mine Warfare Exercise
M-62 HS Evropi takes part in naval mine warfare exercise Nusret 2017. This is a photo of her from her Black Sea deployment in 2016. Each year Turkish Navy organizes a mine warfare exercise named after...
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NATO SNMCMG-2 In Sinop
M-270 TCG Akçay the Turkish contribution to SNMCMG-2, passing through Istanbul. The flagship of the SNMCMG-2, H-88 HMS enterprise passing through Istanbul The UK led NATO mine warfare task force...
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TCG Akçay Discovers An Old Mine Off Romanian Coast
M-270 TCG Akçay, seen here passing northbound through Istanbul 16 days ago. Aydın class minehunter TCG Akçay has discovered a mine probably a relic of Second World War, as she was conducting training...
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NATO Task Forces Arrive In Bulgarian Ports
Romanian frigate ROS Regele Ferdinand (left) and Turkish frigate TCG Gaziantep (right). The mast of the HMS Duncan is visible at the background. Photo: BTA After meeting up in Constanta, Romania last...
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Dynamic Manta 2018 Starts Tomorrow
TCG Gaziantep takes part in Dynamic Manta 2018. Here is a photo of her from February 2018 as she was passing through Istanbul with SNMG-2. NATO’s Submarine Warfare Exercise Dynamic Manta 2018 kicks off...
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NATO Naval Taskforces End Their Deployment To The Black Sea
The flagship of Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group Two FGR Rhein, during her southbound transit through Istyanbul. Turkish contribution to Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group Two, TCG Anamur...
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Mavi Balina 2018 Naval Exercise Starts Tomorrow
Romanian frigate ROS Regele Ferdinand seen here passing through Istanbul on 25th September 2018. She is going to take part in Mavi Balina Exercise. Mavi Balina (Blue Whale) 2018 invitation naval...
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The Participants of Mavi Balina 2018 Naval Exercise
TCG Bandırma (left) and TCG Gemlik (right) receiving fuel underway from replenishment ship TCG Akar. Photo: Turkish Navy Mavi Balina (Blue Whale) 2018 invitation naval exercise is going to end today...
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Nusret 2018 Mine Warfare Exercise
The Bulgarian mine hunter BNG Tsibar, seen here passing southbound through Istanbul on 10th October 2018 takes part in Nusret 2018 MCM exercise. The Romanian hydrographic research vessel Cătuneanu is...
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Dynamic Manta 2019 Has Started
The participating warships and submarine in one photo. Original photo: Turkish Ministry of Defence, improvements by me. NATO’s Submarine Warfare Exercise Dynamic Manta 2019 kicked off yesterday, off...
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The SNMG-2 Is Back In Istanbul
The flagship of the SNMG-2 HMNLS Eversten in Istanbul. Turkish contribution to SNMG-2, TCG Yıldırım in Istanbul after sailing the Black Sea for 21 days. On 29 March four ships of NATO Standing Maritime...
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Nusret 2019 Mine Warfare Exercise
From left to right: TCG Akçakoca, TCG Akçay, TCG Ayvalık participated in Nusret 2019 mine countermeasures exercise. Nusret 2019 mine countermeasures exercise will end tomorrow. Nusret is an annual...
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