Conducting an exercise in the Fjords alongside our The Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) partner, Norwegian Armed Forces | Forsvaret has been extremely beneficial!

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The Royal Navy's 815 Naval Air Squadron practises fending off fast attack craft in Norwegian fjords 🇳🇴🚁

Wildcat helicopters, P2000 patrol vessels and Norwegian ships are hunting for enemy vessels as part of #TamberShield2024 .

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The mission support team, consisting of flight planners, int specialists, logisticians, and meteorologists, play a key role in ensuring that our aircrew make the greatest impact on the battle space. They have been essential during #TamberShield2024 .

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Military photographers from Defence Operations 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 and Norwegian Armed Forces | Forsvaret 🇳🇴 have been working closely together on #TamberShield24 to capture the content you've seen shared online and in the media 📰📺📱💻

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Royal Navy helicopters hunt ships in Norwegian fjords - British helicopters have been conducting simulated attacks against Norwegian warships. Click the image to read more.

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Day 2 of the #TamberShield2024 “war” has seen crews continue to hunt out threats in the fjords. The benefits of exercising with a The Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) partner 🇳🇴 has been invaluable for our crews.

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The culmination of #TamberShield2024 is a multi-day free-play war fighting serial. Our crews are putting into practice the last 2 weeks of training to hunt down the Skjolds and P2000s, our exercise enemy.

#StrikeDeep

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Whilst deployed on #TamberShield2024 , Oz, one of our Observers and Flight Commanders, surpassed the 1000 flying hours milestone - a significant milestone in any aviator’s career. BZ!

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Helicopters from 815 Naval Air Squadron have been working alongside Norwegian Armed Forces | Forsvaret on Exercise #TamberShield 🛡️

Training together improves our ability to operate alongside each other, and practise in a war fighting scenario 🚁

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Wildcat helicopters from 815 Naval Air Squadron worked with four P2000s in the fjords of #Norway for a game of cat and mouse in Exercise Tamber Shield. Alongside HMS Biter, HMS Exploit, @HMS_blazer and HMS Trumpeter, the Wildcats were tasked with finding and targeting Norwegian vessels.

The fight continues on #TamberShield2024 💥

We’ve spent the week operating in the fjords conducting training sorties against a range of simulated threats in preparation for a multi-day free-play war serial.

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Hunting the ‘enemy’ in the Norwegian fjords on Exercise Tamber Shield. Wildcat crews from 815 Naval Air Squadron hone their tactics against fast attack craft alongside their Norwegian counterparts. Forces News Royal Navy

The hunter and the hunted!

Our crews are working hard to avoid anti-air weapon systems in the Fjords. Aggressor Squadron from RAF Spadeadam are supporting #TamberShield2024 by emulating Man-Portable Air-Defence (MANPAD) systems.

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Norwegian Armed Forces | Forsvaret

Exercise #TamberShield 🛡️continues to improve our ability to work alongside Norwegian Armed Forces | Forsvaret 🇬🇧🤝🇳🇴

Operating from partner nation’s flight decks is a key component of naval aviation and is a core skill for 815 Naval Air Squadron aircrew. 💪🏼 The Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF)

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The war-fighting phase of #TamberShield2024 has started in earnest. The next week will see us optimising our sensors for the littoral environment, hunting for P2000s 🇬🇧 and Skjolds 🇳🇴 in the challenging terrain of the Fjords. Game on… 💥

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Exercise Tamber Shield 24 has brought Royal Navy helicopters and patrol vessels to the coast of Norway ⚓🇳🇴

They will test their joint preparedness alongside Nato and the JEF allies.

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.815 Naval Air Squadron’ personnel have been honing their skills with Martlet missiles carried by their Wildcat helicopter 🚁

Forces News was given a guided tour around the helicopter ahead of a joint training exercise in Norway 🇳🇴

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Ahead of a joint training exercise in Norway, the personnel from 815 Naval Air Squadron have been honing their skills with the Martlet missiles.

The weapons system is part of the Wildcat helicopter's maritime attack role 🚁

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Starting the week off in style 🌊

Exercise #TamberShield24 🛡️is underway and demonstrating our ability to work closely with Norwegian Armed Forces | Forsvaret

Wildcats from 815 Naval Air Squadron support the formation of UK 🇬🇧 and Norwegian 🇳🇴 vessels.

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Exercise #TAMBERSHIELD24 is now in full swing 🇬🇧🇳🇴

Wildcat helicopters from 815 Naval Air Squadron, Archer-class patrol vessels HMS Exploit HMS Blazer HMS BITER HMS Trumpeter, and vessels from Norwegian Armed Forces | Forsvaret are working closely together to develop operational skills and knowledge

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