Exercise Strikeback aka Operation Strikeback was a major naval exercise of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) that took place over a ten-day...
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World War III (section Exercise Strikeback)
Zone. Exercise Strikeback was a major NATO naval exercise held in 1957, simulating a response to an all-out Soviet attack on NATO. The exercise involved...
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on 13 June. On 3 September, Iowa sailed for Scotland for NATO's Exercise Strikeback. She returned to Norfolk on 28 September, and departed Hampton Roads...
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United States. In 1957, the United States led Exercise Strikeback, the largest peacetime naval exercise in history, focused on stopping an aggressive...
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1957, Essex participated as an antisubmarine carrier in the NATO Exercise Strikeback and in February 1958, deployed with the 6th Fleet until May, when...
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War (1953–1962) Northern Wedding Operation Grand Slam (NATO) Operation Strikeback Allard. "Strategic Views of the US Navy and NATO on the Northern Flank...
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exercises Exercise Grand Slam (1952) Exercise Mainbrace (1952) Exercise Longstep (1952) Carte Blanche (NATO exercise) (1955) Exercise Strikeback (1957) Operation...
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Review at Hampton Roads in June 1957 and participating in the NATO Exercise "Strikeback" held off Scotland, France, and Portugal in September and October...
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List of NATO exercises (redirect from NATO military exercise)
command. Exercise Carte Blanche (1955) - Rehearsal of the use of tactical nuclear weapons. Operation Counter Punch (1957) Operation Strikeback (1957) Involved...
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September and October 1957 Pompon participated in the large scale NATO exercise "Strikeback", visiting the Clyde River, Scotland; Le Havre, France; and Portland...
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from six NATO nations, in September 1957, Gainard participated in Exercise "Strikeback," large-scale combined fleet manoeuvres that ranged over the North...
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command of Carrier Air Group 6 and commanded it during the Exercise Strikeback, a major naval exercise of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which...
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deployment was her participation from 3 September to 27 November in NATO Exercise Strikeback in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean. Operations off the east...
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may refer to: Blue Fleet, NATO naval forces in a 1957 NATO exercise named "Operation Strikeback" Blue fleet (Canada), civilian vehicles held by the Canadian...
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Operation Grand Slam, 1952's Operation Mainbrace and 1957's Operation Strikeback (pictured). as well as making ten deployments to the Mediterranean Sea...
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operating from Norway to Turkey. These other 1957 exercises were Operation Strikeback, which concentrated on NATO's eastern Atlantic/northern European flank;...
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participated in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Operation "Strikeback". She then called at Portland, England and Le Havre, France, en route...
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Jamestown, Virginia, 12 June 1957; and participated in the NATO exercise operation "Strikeback", conducted in the North Sea and Arctic Ocean in September 1957...
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Norfolk 19 June. September and early October were spent in Operation Strikeback and other NATO exercises in the eastern Atlantic. Mount McKinley was anchored...
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participated in during the Cold War included Exercise Mariner, Operation Strikeback in 1957, the maritime component of Exercise Reforger, and Northern Wedding. From...
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Carolina coast in preparation for her first NATO operation, Operation Strikeback in the North Sea. This deployment, between 3 September and 22 October...
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"Fishplay" and "Strikeback" in the northern Atlantic, returning to New London in October. In April and May 1958, Sea Owl participated in NATO Exercise "New Broom"...
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many other exercises, such as Operation Mariner in 1953 and Operation Strikeback in 1957, as well as the Northern Wedding and Ocean Safari series of naval...
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and two other major military exercises in September 1957. Operation Strikeback was a series of multilateral naval exercises that concentrated on NATO's...
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Saratoga sailed into the Norwegian Sea and participated in Operation Strikeback, joint naval maneuvers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)...
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concurrently in the northern autumn of 1957. Operation Counter Punch, Operation Strikeback, and Operation Deep Water were together the most ambitious military undertaking...
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Guantánamo Bay. In September, she participated in Operation Strikeback, the largest peacetime naval exercise up to that time in history, which simulated a Soviet...
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September, Wasp got underway to participate in NATO Operations Seaspray and Strikeback, which took her to the coast of Scotland and simulated nuclear attacks...
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Commander Atlantic in 1955; he took part in Operation Strikeback (a major NATO training exercise) in 1957 and retired in 1958. His life is commemorated...
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and USS Intrepid. Aboard Intrepid VF-33 took part in the NATO exercise Operation Strikeback. In 1958 VF-33 transitioned to the supersonic F-11 Tiger and...
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