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FGS Erfurt
Hosts Operation Atalanta Force Commander |
Operation Atalanta’s Force Commander,
Rear Admiral Stefano Barbieri, has paid a visit to German warship, FGS
Erfurt, as he prepares to hand over his command of the Atalanta Force HQ
to Rear Admiral Kaack from the German Navy on Wednesday 23 March. |
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Italian
Air Force Supports Spanish Maritime Air Detachment Deployed with
Operation Atalanta |
Earlier this week an Italian C-130J
Hercules aircraft based in Pisa was tasked by the European Air Transport
Command (EATC) to fly to Djibouti to deliver a spare engine for Operation
Atalanta’s Spanish Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft (MPRA)
Detachment that has been based in Djibouti since Operation Atalanta was
launched by the European Union in December 2008. |
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Crew
Change For The Spanish Maritime Patrol Team |
On 22 March, the XXIV Spanish Air Force
contingent handed over maritime patrol and reconnaissance duties to the
incoming XXV Detachment. The new crew will continue to operate the P-3
aircraft. |
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Force
Commander Meets Vessel Protection Team |
During a rendezvous with World Food Programme
ship MSM Douro, Operation Atalanta’s Force Commander, Rear Admiral Jan
Kaack, took the opportunity to address the embarked Autonomous Vessel
Protection Detachment (AVPD). MSM Douro’s AVPD are currently a team from
Lithuania and the Force Commander wished them a Happy Easter in the
middle of the Gulf of Aden. |
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EU NAVFOR ATALANTA
EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) Somalia - Operation Atalanta is part of the EU's comprehensive
approach to tackle symptoms and root causes of piracy off the coast of
Somalia and the EU Strategic Framework for the Horn of Africa adopted in
November 2011.
EU NAVFOR conducts anti-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia and the
Indian Ocean and is responsible for the protection of World Food Programme
(WFP) shipping carrying humanitarian aid to the people of Somalia and Horn of
Africa as well as the logistic shippings supporting the African Union troops
conducting Peace Support Operations in Somalia (AMISOM). Additionally,
Operation Atalanta contributes to the monitoring of fishing activity off the
coast of Somalia.
For more information, please visit our website www.eunavfor.eu. |
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