At-Sea Demo/Formidable Shield 2021 [Image 13 of 20]

ATLANTIC OCEAN

05.18.2021

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nathan Beard  

U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. Sixth Fleet

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BRITISH ISLES (May 18, 2021) The Spanish Navy Alvaro de Bazan (F100) class guided-missile frigate Cristobol Colon (F-105), left, the Royal Navy type 23 class frigate HMS Argyll (F231), the Royal Netherlands Navy guided-missile carrying fast frigate HNLMS De Zeven Provincien (F802), the Italian Navy Carlo Bergamini-class Frigate ITS Antonio Marceglia (F 597), the German Navy-guided-missile frigate F 220 FGS Hamburg, and the Royal Norwegian Navy HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen (F310) transit the Atlantic Ocean during exercise At-Sea Demo/Formidable Shield, May 18, 2021. Exercise At-Sea Demo/Formidable Shield, conducted by Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO on behalf of U.S. Sixth Fleet, is a live-fire integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) exercise that improves Allied interoperability using NATO command and control reporting structures. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan T. Beard/Released)

• Date Taken: 05.18.2021
• Date Posted: 05.19.2021 08:55
• Photo ID: 6651266
• VIRIN: 210518-N-QI061-0322
• Resolution: 6720x4480
• Size: 1.22 MB
• Location: ATLANTIC OCEAN