On Friday, May 20, 2022 at 4 p.m., the task force supply ship “Bonn” left her home port. In the Aegean, the crew of 175 and the ship expect to work closely with the Turkish and Greek coast guards and the European Coast Guard and Border Protection Agency (FRONTEX) as part of the Standing Nato Maritime Group 2 (SNMG 2).…
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German Navy IRINI Night Flight Operations
In order to train the cooperation with the personnel of the task force supply company “Bonn”, the soldiers of the Naval Aviation Wing 5 fly from Nordholz almost every day as part of the Irini mission. Not only the pilots are in demand here. A total of 17 naval aviators are used to operate two Sea Lynx Mk88 A helicopters…
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On Wednesday, September 1st, 2021 at 2 p.m., the task force supplier (EGV) “Bonn” and its crew “cast off”. The EGV leaves its home port Wilhelmshaven to make its way off the coast of Libya. There he will join the Operation European Union Naval Forces Mediterranean (EUNAFVOR MED) “Irini” in the Mediterranean. “The crew did an incredible and great job…
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