On 20 October 2022, Allied aircraft including F/A-18s from the USS George H. W. Bush Carrier Strike Group, currently in the Mediterranean, conducted long-range missions over Slovakia and other Eastern flank Allies to protect NATO territory.

Neptune Strike and Air Shielding Mission: protecting the skies from the Mediterranean to Northern Europe

For the third time this year, the Neptune series of vigilance activities demonstrates NATO’s ability to integrate the high-end maritime strike capabilities of a U.S. Carrier Strike Group with Allied military activities. Working together with German and French aircraft, the jets flew more than a thousand miles over Europe thanks to aerial refuelling coordinated by …

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