Kingfisher, the embarked RCAF CH-148 Cyclone maritime helicopter of the Canadian frigate HMCS/NCSM Halifax (FFH 330) conducts a HOISTEX with Royal Norwegian Navy (Sjøforsvaret) Ula-class/Type 210 submarine HNoMS Utvaer (S303) in the Norwegian Sea with French Aquitaine-class frigate Alsace in the background. The evolution was part of NATO Dynamic Mongoose earlier this month.
You gotta watch that static charge on such operations. Still, exhilarating stuff.
This great shot taken from an 814 Naval Air Squadron Merlin shows the Type 23 (Duke)-class frigate HMS Westminster (F237), the Icelandic Coast Guard ship Thor, and Westminster’s sister, HMS Kent (F78), operating together during the opening phase of NATO Exercise Dynamic Mongoose off Iceland earlier this month. Unseen are three NATO submarines who are the OPFOR.
LPhot Dan Rosenbaum, HMS Kent
Of course, the Royal Navy and Icelandic Coast Guard may have been NATO allies since 1949, but that doesn’t mean they were friends by any accord.
Perhaps, you recall the Cod Wars?