On the night of October 14 to 15, the Naval Aeromobile Group (GNAM) conducted a third massive raid of 20 Army combat helicopters, in several decks, from the two Amphibious Helicopter Carriers (PHA). This third raid concludes the work of planning and conducting operations, carried out several weeks before the start of CORMORAN 21 and which continued at sea during…
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CORMORAN 21 Enters Tactical Phase
After a phase of individual and then collective training, the naval air mobile group began the tactical phase, which constitutes the second part of the exercise. On board the Tonnerre and Mistral amphibious helicopter carriers (PHA), the individual Combat enhanced training (CET) and collective training, Force Integration Training (FIT), have mobilized all the different players in an air combat raid…
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Since Monday, September 27, 2021, the French Navy and the Army have been mobilizing their forces to deploy a Naval Aeromobile Group (GNAM) in the Mediterranean, as part of the Cormoran 21 exercise. For the first time, the GNAM is deployed from two amphibious helicopter carriers (PHA), the Tonnerre and the Mistral . It is commanded by a joint staff,…
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