List of NATO exercises

This is a list of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) exercises.

1950–2015

• Mainbrace - Defence of Denmark and Norway during September 1952.
  • 200 ships
  • over 50,000 personnel[1]
• Exercise Grand Slam in the Mediterranean Sea[2]
• Exercise Longstep in the Mediterranean Sea[2]
• Exercise Italic Weld, a combined air-naval-ground exercise in northern Italy during August 1953[2]
• Exercise Grand Repulse during September 1953
  • British Army on the Rhine (BAOR)[2]
  • Netherlands Corps [2]
  • Allied Air Forces Central Europe (AAFCE)[2]
• Exercise Monte Carlo, a simulated atomic air-ground exercise during September 1953
  • Central Army Group[2]
• Exercise Weldfast, a combined amphibious landing exercise in the Mediterranean Sea during October 1953
  • American, British, Greek, Italian and Turkish naval forces.[2]
• Operation Counter Punch during 1957[3]
• Operation Strikeback during 1957[3]
• Operation Deep Water during 1957[3]

• Exercise Reforger was an annual exercise and campaign conducted from 1969 to 1993

• Northern Wedding was a NATO Cold War naval military exercise, designed to test NATO's ability to rearm and resupply Europe from 1970 to 1986

• Exercise Able Archer was an annual exercise by NATO military forces in Europe. Able Archer 83, carried out in November 1983, is believed to have nearly started a nuclear war with the Soviet Union.

2016

• Cold Response 16 - Trøndelag, Norway until 9 March 2016.
  • Air Component
    • United States
      • Boeing B-52H Stratofortresses of the 2d Bomb Wing[4]
      • Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers[4]
      • General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcons[4]
      • Lockheed C-130 Herculeses[4]

2018

• Exercise Trident Juncture 2018 – Trøndelag, Oppland and Hedmark, Norway October–November 2018.

2020

• DEFENDER-Europe 20 “Exercise DEFENDER-Europe 20 is a U.S.-led multinational exercise, including NATO's participation. It is the largest deployment of U.S.-based forces to Europe in more than 25 years with 20,000 soldiers deployed directly from the U.S. to Europe.”[5]

References

1. Baldwin, Hanson (28 September 1952). "Navies Meet the Test in Operation Mainbrace". New York Times: E7. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
2. Ismay, Hastings (17 September 2001). "The increase in strength". NATO the first five years 1949–1954. NATO. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
3. "Emergency Call". Time. 30 September 1957. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
4. AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. April 2016. p. 8.
5. https://shape.nato.int/defender-europe