• Turkish fighters deployed to Poland make their first intercept
• Mine hunters of the Baltic Sea
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Ukraine has received 10 ventilators from NATO’s Pandemic Response Stockpile to help the country respond to coronavirus infections. The NATO Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre and Hungary coordinated the donation in response to a request by Ukraine for COVID-19 assistance.
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Two Turkish F-16s flying from Malbork, Poland under NATO's Air Policing mission made their first intercept of an unknown aircraft on 20 July 2021. Allied fighters scramble 24/7 to identify aircraft without a flight plan or without a flight transponder to safeguard Allied airspace. (Story courtesy Allied Air Command)
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Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group One (SNMCMG1) conducted a mine hunting operation in German waters from 19 until 23 July 2021. The objective was to reduce risk posed by sea mines to maritime communities and traffic of the Baltic Sea, and provide enhanced training in mine countermeasures operations to SNMCMG1 participating units. (Story courtesy Allied Maritime Command)
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On 20 July 2021, NATO air and maritime forces carried out a joint exercise in the Black Sea to improve Alliance situational awareness and practise air-maritime communications. (Story courtesy Allied Air Command)
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A large-scale air-land exercise in Estonia tested the skills of NATO Joint Terminal Attack Controllers from 10 countries. The exercise aimed to enable the participants to train together and practise integrating aircraft with land components. (Story courtesy Allied Air Command)
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The Baltic Sea is said to contain 30,000 pieces of leftover unexploded ordnance from two world wars. The crew of Latvian minehunter M-06 Tālivaldis explain how these historic mines pose a threat to both military and civilian ships today, and why it is so important to dispose of them. The ship has been part of Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group One several times; this group is responsible for countering the threat of sea mines and unexploded ordnance in the northern seas.
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