NATO's Secretary General Visits HMS Queen Elizabeth On Exercise Steadfast Defender
HMS Queen Elizabeth is taking part in NATO's biggest exercise this year after leaving for her maiden deployment, Carrier Strike Group 21.
HMS Queen Elizabeth is taking part in NATO's biggest exercise this year after leaving for her maiden deployment, Carrier Strike Group 21.
Two Royal Air Force Typhoons from 121 Expeditionary Air Wing carried out a Close Air Support training mission with NATO JTAC teams.
NATO started to withdraw from Afghanistan on 1 May but the alliance plans to continue training Afghan soldiers outside the country.
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General Scott Miller also told the BBC he expects Taliban violence to worsen after the Eid ceasefire.
Formidable Shield 2021 will test the ability of personnel to deal with the latest aerial threats.
Exercise Defender Europe 21 is being held across more than 30 training areas over a dozen nations.
First Sea Lord Admiral Tony Radakin visited ahead of Exercise Steadfast Defender.
The RAF jets are deployed to the country as part of a NATO mission, helping to protect the alliance's airspace in the region.
About 30 personnel from the Royal Lancers returned to the UK this month, after six months in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo.
The mission will see the RAF help protect the alliance's airspace in the region.
A defence minister has suggested a review will be carried out into Britain's military involvement in the country.
British forces have been in Afghanistan since 2001 and ended combat operations more than six years ago.
Soldiers were unable to see their loved ones throughout their deployment and now many of them have been reunited with their loved ones.
UK personnel will "drawdown" from the country, with the Defence Secretary saying the military will have "lasting memories" of Afghanistan.
The military alliance says Russia must "de-escalate immediately" but Russia says it is responding to threat from NATO.