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Exercise Noble Dina 2016 in Greece with Hellenic Navy, US Navy and Israeli Navy

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Exercise Noble Dina 2016 in Greece with Hellenic Navy, US Navy and Israeli Navy
 
By Stelios Kanavakis - Senior Defence Analyst
The Hellenic Navy General Staff has announced the conclusion of Exercise Noble Dina 2016, which took place between 30 March and 14 April 2016. NB ’16 is a multinational exercise, taking place on a yearly basis at the sea area around Crete and at the Eastern Mediterranean. The participants included Greek, US and Israeli naval units as well as fighter aircraft of the Hellenic Air Force.
     
The Hellenic Navy General Staff has announced the conclusion of Exercise Noble Dina 2016, which took place between 30 March and 14 April 2016. NB ’16 is a multinational exercise, taking place on a yearly basis at the sea area around Crete and at the Eastern Mediterranean. The participants included Greek, US and Israeli naval units as well as fighter aircraft of the Hellenic Air Force.Surface Combatants of the Hellenic Navy (Polemikó Naftikó) and Israeli Navy (Heil HaYam HaYisraeli) during Noble Dina 2016. Picture: Hellenic Navy
     

The aim of the exercise was to improve the cooperation of the forces in a series of operational and tactical scenarios, which took place both at sea and, at the NATO Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Center (at Souda Bay, Greece) and the Port of Haifa in Israel.

The scenarios involved the following:
· Naval surface warfare,
· Fleet air defence,
· Anti-Submarine Warfare with the participation of Maritime Patrol Aircraft,
· Logistics with the use of ships’ helicopters,
· Electronic Warfare and Communications,
· Maritime interdiction operations, and
· SAR – CSAR operations.

The Hellenic Navy took part with a Blohm+Voss – Hellenic Shipyards MEKO 200HN frigate, a Roussen-class (BAE Systems – Elefsis Shipyards Super Vita-type FAC), a submarine and four Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter aircraft.

The US participated with one destroyer and a maritime patrol aircraft. Israel detached three Sa’ar 5 and Sa’ar 4.5 corvettes, two submarines, one MPA, two transport aircraft, four utility helicopters and a pair of fighter aircraft.
     
The Hellenic Navy General Staff has announced the conclusion of Exercise Noble Dina 2016, which took place between 30 March and 14 April 2016. NB ’16 is a multinational exercise, taking place on a yearly basis at the sea area around Crete and at the Eastern Mediterranean. The participants included Greek, US and Israeli naval units as well as fighter aircraft of the Hellenic Air Force.
     
The Hellenic Navy General Staff has announced the conclusion of Exercise Noble Dina 2016, which took place between 30 March and 14 April 2016. NB ’16 is a multinational exercise, taking place on a yearly basis at the sea area around Crete and at the Eastern Mediterranean. The participants included Greek, US and Israeli naval units as well as fighter aircraft of the Hellenic Air Force.
     
The Hellenic Navy General Staff has announced the conclusion of Exercise Noble Dina 2016, which took place between 30 March and 14 April 2016. NB ’16 is a multinational exercise, taking place on a yearly basis at the sea area around Crete and at the Eastern Mediterranean. The participants included Greek, US and Israeli naval units as well as fighter aircraft of the Hellenic Air Force.
     
The Hellenic Navy General Staff has announced the conclusion of Exercise Noble Dina 2016, which took place between 30 March and 14 April 2016. NB ’16 is a multinational exercise, taking place on a yearly basis at the sea area around Crete and at the Eastern Mediterranean. The participants included Greek, US and Israeli naval units as well as fighter aircraft of the Hellenic Air Force.
     
The Hellenic Navy General Staff has announced the conclusion of Exercise Noble Dina 2016, which took place between 30 March and 14 April 2016. NB ’16 is a multinational exercise, taking place on a yearly basis at the sea area around Crete and at the Eastern Mediterranean. The participants included Greek, US and Israeli naval units as well as fighter aircraft of the Hellenic Air Force.
     
The Hellenic Navy General Staff has announced the conclusion of Exercise Noble Dina 2016, which took place between 30 March and 14 April 2016. NB ’16 is a multinational exercise, taking place on a yearly basis at the sea area around Crete and at the Eastern Mediterranean. The participants included Greek, US and Israeli naval units as well as fighter aircraft of the Hellenic Air Force.All Pictures: Hellenic Navy