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303: 240: 218: 47: 267: 320: 334: 349: 285: 199: 367: 169:, gave a news conference to a group of U.S. and international journalists in the carrier's ‘War Room’ on the 9th, describing in some detail the significance of the exercise – normally held every four years – in preparing the allies to resist a Soviet-led attack against the West. After completing the exercise the ship returned to the Mediterranean, pausing in the Spanish port of Malaga (22–27 September). 158:
exercises, but conditions improved just barely enough in the harsh northern climes to permit the ship and her embarked air wing to support the planned objectives. The professionalism and dedication to completing their tasks which the British and Canadians displayed especially impressed crewmembers, who noted these specific allies’ pride in more than one report.
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led separate task groups that steamed in a two-carrier formation to gain sea control and deploy their aircraft to support amphibious landings in the Shetland Islands and the Jutland Peninsula in Denmark. Heavy seas and high winds, however, curtailed flight operations during the first phase of the
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and plunged into the sea off the Norwegian coast. The helicopter was carrying 21 people -- four crew and 17 passengers - all U.S. servicemen. The helicopter went into the water some 60 miles west of Bodo, Norway, about 75 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
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1986 Late August to September. The exercise included an amphibious landing in Norway. On August 19, 1986, a CH-46 twin-rotor transport helicopter crashed into a parked helicopter while taking off from the assault ship USS
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1978 September. The exercise was conducted by 40,000 men, 22 submarines, and 800 aircraft from nine countries. Two amphibious landing took place, one in the
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1982 Late August to September. 160 ships and 250 aircraft participated in the exercise. And there were two amphibious landings.
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left the Mediterranean en route to the Atlantic and the North and Norwegian Seas to take part in the huge NATO exercise
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observing NATO ships during Exercise Northern Wedding 86
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NATO
Cold War
military exercise
Western Europe
Warsaw Pact


Royal Navy
Dolfijn-class
HNLMS Dolfijn
Royal Netherlands Navy
Avro Vulcan
RAF Strike Command
Shetland Islands
Denmark
USS Forrestal (CV-59)
Eastern Bloc
Naval Station Rota
Carrier Group 6
USS Harry E. Yarnell (CG-17)
HMS Ark Royal
Vice Admiral
Wesley L. McDonald
Second Fleet
USS Nimitz (CVN-68) off Norway
USS Nimitz (CVN-68)
Schleswig-Holstein (D-182) and USS Iowa (BB-61)
Schleswig-Holstein (D-182)
USS Iowa (BB-61)
USS Saipan (LHA-2), with USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20) in the background

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