On July 29, JS HARUSAME conducted a multilateral PASSEX with ITS FASAN and SPS NUMANCIA in vicinity of Djibouti to improve our tactical skill and strengthen cooperation with them. The Self-Defense Fleet maintains readiness, contributing to the defense of Japan and the maintenance to maritime order based on law, as well as stability in the Indo-Pacific region with friendly Navy.
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JS Harusame Aids Djibouti Navy Training
On July 28, JS HARUSAME conducted a JMSDF Djibouti navy PASSEX with ADI ALI M HOUMED in vicinity of Djibouti to improve our tactical skill and strengthen cooperation with the Djibouti Navy. The Self-Defense Fleet maintains readiness, contributing to the defense of Japan and the maintenance to maritime order based on law, as well as stability in the Indo-Pacific region…
Read MoreJoint Naval Exercise Red Wave-5
Joint naval exercise “Red Wave-5” kicked off on Tuesday 31/5/2022 in the Saudi territorial waters in the Red Sea with the participation of the naval forces of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Djibouti, Sudan and Yemen. The preparatory stage of the exercise includes holding conferences and lectures to ensure mutual understanding among the participating elements and forces. The drill, that run…
Read MoreVisit to Djibouti “Contributes to Regional Stability”
PROPAGANDA Foreign media on Tuesday claimed that a Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy ship recently docked at the PLA Support Base in Djibouti “for the first time,” in an obvious attempt to hype the “China threat” theory. But analysts said that such a docking would be normal so the PLA vessels that carry out escort missions in the Gulf…
Read MoreFrench Navy Atlantique 2 Operating from Djibouti
Since January 23, a French Navy Atlantique 2 (ATL 2) maritime patrol aircraft has been deployed to Air Base 188 in Djibouti, in support of the European Union’s ATALANTE counter-piracy mission off the coast of Somalia. Placed under European operational control and integrated into Task Force 465, the ATL2 is a French aircraft perfectly integrated into this European operation with…
Read MoreChevalier Paul Trains With French Forces in Djibouti
On January 8, 2022, as part of its deployment in the Indian Ocean, the Air Defense Frigate (FDA) Chevalier Paul was able to train with the French Forces stationed in Djibouti (FFDJ). The Chevalier Paul thus supported an offensive action led by Rafales of the Air and Space Force deployed from mainland France against a fictitious country defended by Mirage…
Read MoreFFDj Trains With Spanish P-3 Crew Evacuation
At the end of December 2021, the Fire and Rescue Security Squadron (ESIS) of the Air Base 188 of the French Forces in Djibouti (FFDj) carried out an evacuation exercise for the crew of the Spanish P-3C Orion, maritime patrol aircraft of Operation ATALANTA. Following a fire alarm in the cockpit, the ESIS firefighters deployed all of their resources on…
Read MoreChevalier Paul Conducts Joint Training in the Bab El Mandeb Strait
On October 30, 2021, the 3/11 Corsican fighter squadron of the French Forces stationed in Djibouti (FFDj) contributed to the protection of the Air Defense Frigate (FDA) Chevalier Paul during its mission to escort the American tanker USNS Kanawha in the Bab El Mandeb Strait. The Mirage 2000-5 escort made it possible to strengthen the protection system set up around…
Read MoreEU-Japan-Djibouti Joint Naval Exercise
May 11, 2021 – On 10 May, the EU, Japan and Djibouti carried out a trilateral joint naval exercise in the Gulf of Aden for the first time. The exercise came after an EU-Japan joint naval exercise and joint port call on Djibouti last October, and after the adoption last month of an EU Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific,…
Read MoreMission Jeanne d’Arc Conducts Exercise WAKRI
March 19, 2021 (Google Translation) – From March 10 to 12, the Jeanne d’Arc group participated in exercise WAKRI, a large-scale joint exercise organized by the French Forces stationed in Djibouti (FFDj). The objective of the Amphibious Task Group was to land in a time constrained an Embarked Tactical Group (GTE) capable of joining and integrating a Combined Arms Tactical…
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