• NATO Military Committee Chairman visits Ukraine
• The falconer – how birds help NATO’s Air Policing mission
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Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee and senior military advisor to the Secretary General paid a long-planned visit to Kyiv, Ukraine on 6-7 April 2021.
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Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2 (SNMCMG2), led by Capt. Yusuf Karagulle (Turkish Navy), has taken part in the Greece-led exercise Ariadne 21 between 27 March - 4 April 2021, in the vicinity of Patras, Greece.
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Belgium is a founding member of NATO and its air force was among the first Allies to start collective Air Policing efforts in Europe 60 years ago.
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NATO's Deployable Air Command and Control Centre (DACCC) has deployed DARS* package to Larissa Air Base, and the team is setting up the deployed camp for exercise Ramstein Dust II-21.
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Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1) and Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group One (SNMCMG1) have conducted three days of training off the coast of Latvia and Estonia between 29-31 March 2021.
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Smoke billowed across the mud-covered field as U.S. Abrams tanks joined German Leopard tanks to race across the open field marking the start of an eight-day exercise at the Ādaži military training area, Latvia on March 23, 2021.
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The Dean of the Language Institute at the Defence University in Baghdad, Major General Mohamed Ziyad Mohamed, received a delegation from NATO Mission Iraq (NMI) on Monday, Apr. 5, 2021.
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Wild birds on air bases pose a big risk to aircraft. If they fly into an engine in what is known as a ‘bird strike’, an aircraft could be severely damaged. For that reason air bases need to be kept clear of wild birds. At Šiauliai Air Base in Lithuania -- home to fighter jets that fly NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission -- Polish falconer Michał Bień along with his falcons and hawks, is the man who keeps the wild birds away.
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