An Icelandic Coast Guard Airbus H225 Super Puma helicopter uses the rescue hoist to raise a rescue swimmer and recovered person to the helicopter while conducting a maritime recovery scenario, enabling training for North Atlantic contingency operations on land or at sea during exercise Northern Viking 26 (NV26) in Keflavik, Iceland, Aug. 28, 2026. NV26 strengthens interoperability and force readiness between the U.S., Iceland and Allied nations, enabling multi-domain command and control of joint and coalition forces in the defense of Iceland and sea lines of communication in the Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom (GIUK) gap. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist First Class Conor Martin)
| Date Taken: | 08.28.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 08.31.2026 18:54 |
| Photo ID: | 9901872 |
| VIRIN: | 260828-N-CO711-1495 |
| Resolution: | 4000x6000 |
| Size: | 3.43 MB |
| Location: | KEFLAVIK, IS |
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