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    U.S. Marines, Norwegian Forces Integrate Strikemaster Missile System on Jan Mayen [Image 2 of 9]

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    A Royal Air Force Airbus A400M Atlas military transport aircraft, marked with serial number 420, is taxiing on a dark volcanic/dirt runway in an overcast, remote coastal environment. The four turboprop engines with eight-bladed propellers are spinning, indicated by motion blur on the propeller blades. The setting appears to be a remote airstrip, possibly on a volcanic island given the dark terrain and rocky landscape visible in the background.

    JAN MAYEN, NORWAY

    08.29.2026

    Photo by Sgt. Noah Masog  

    U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa     

    A U.K. Royal Air Force A400M Atlas C.1 aircraft assigned to RAF Brize Norton lands on Jan Mayen Island, Norway, Aug. 31, 2026, in support of Operation Atlantic City 26. The airlift enhanced combined operational readiness and rapid-response posture, ensuring NATO can quickly integrate critical assets across remote and austere terrain in the High North. Atlantic City 26 is a Norwegian-led trilateral readiness initiative with the United Kingdom and United States designed to develop and demonstrate expeditionary advanced base capabilities and validate combined fires, maritime domain awareness, and sea denial to reinforce the security and stability of the High North. Jan Mayen is sovereign Norwegian territory in an isolated part of the Norwegian Sea, approximately 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) from mainland Norway. At the same time, the island occupies an important geostrategic position north of the Greenland-Iceland-U.K. gap, an area of water strategically significant to the defense of the U.S. homeland and northern Europe. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Noah Masog)

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    Date Taken: 08.29.2026
    Date Posted: 09.02.2026 04:58
    Photo ID: 9899763
    VIRIN: 260829-M-EE367-1117
    Resolution: 6073x4049
    Size: 4.67 MB
    Location: JAN MAYEN, NO

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