Here's a link to
a short video on NATO Exercise Noble Manta 2008 (the former
Dogfish).
http://sigonella.afneurope.net/HOME/ArticleDisplayDD/tabid/660/Default.aspx?aid=1873
This is now the
largest ASW exercise in the world. We had 6 Diesel Electric
submarines - 2 from Turkey, 1 Greek, 1 Italian, 1 Norwegian and 1
Spanish. Aircraft at the Exercise were Italian EH101 and SH3D land
based helos (operating from Catania), Greek S70 land based helos ,
Italian Atlantique 1, French Atlantique 2, German P3, Spanish P3, US
P3, and UK Nimrod (operating from Sigonella). Ships from NATO's
Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) also participated along with
their organic helos.
Here is a press
release on the Exercise
http://www.afsouth.nato.int/organization/CC_MAR_Naples/PressReleases/CC-MAR/pressreleases08/NR_01_08.htm
As NATO
transforms, so does the exercise programme and the focus of the
Exercise is now SNMG2's Nato Response Force(NRF) ASW Capability.
Cheers
Chris Bowen
NATO
Naples, Italy