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News Archive - March 2016

Op Atalanta Force Commander visits the Spanish MPRA Detachment

Operation Atalanta’s Force Commander Visits Spanish Maritime Patrol Detachment

March 29, 2016 - 11:00

Operation Atalanta’s Force Commander, Rear Admiral Jan Kaack, has visited the Spanish MPRA (Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft) Detachment deployed at the French Air Base in Djibouti. The Commanding Officer of the Detachment, Spanish Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Rafael Saiz Quevedo, welcomed the Force Commander, who was given a tour of the Detachment’s facilities and […]

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Op Atalanta Force Commander with some of the Lithuanian AVPD

Force Commander Meets Vessel Protection Team

March 29, 2016 - 09:23

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 […]

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Crew Change For The Spanish Maritime Patrol Team

Crew Change For The Spanish Maritime Patrol Team

March 25, 2016 - 21:39

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. Command of the Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft (MPRA) was transferred from Spanish Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Santiago Ibarreta Ruiz to Lieutenant Colonel Rafael […]

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FGS "Bayern" in Djibouti.

Parliamentary State Secretary Markus Grübel Visits FGS Bayern and German Soldiers in Djibouti

March 25, 2016 - 09:46

For the handover of Operation Atalanta’s counter-piracy Force Command from Rear Admiral Barbieri to Rear Admiral Jan C. Kaack, the German State Secretary, Markus Grübel, paid a visit to Djibouti. As well as visiting the crew on board the new Operation Atalanta flagship, FGS Bayern, the State Secretary also visited German soldiers who are based […]

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FGS Bayern

Germany Assumes Force Command of Operation Atalanta off the Coast of Somalia from Italy

March 24, 2016 - 11:34

On Wednesday 23 March Rear Admiral Stefano Barbieri (Italian Navy) handed over Force Command of the EU’s counter-piracy Operation Atalanta to Rear Admiral Jan Kaack (German Navy). Rear Admiral Kaack will command the EU Naval Force Somalia from his flaghsip, FGS Bayern for five months. Speaking about his new command, Rear Admiral Kaack stated: “I […]

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Lieutenant Colonel Ibarreta presided over Op Atalanta MPRA medal ceremony

Medal Ceremony for Operation Atalanta’s Spanish Maritime Air Patrol Crew

March 24, 2016 - 09:00

Last week the Spanish Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft (MPRA) Detachment held a medal ceremony in Djibouti. The Detachment Commander, Spanish Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Santiago Ibarreta, presided over the ceremony which marks the end of the current contingent’s four-month deployment with Operation Atalanta off the coast of Somalia. Lieutenant Colonel Ibarreta congratulated the aircrew […]

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Safely off the C-130J, the engine is ready for MPRA engineers to fit to Atalanta's P-3

Italian Air Force Supports Spanish Maritime Air Detachment Deployed with Operation Atalanta

March 23, 2016 - 12:48

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 […]

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ITS Carabiniere personnel liaise with somali fishermen

Hawlgalka Atalanta oo si foojigan u ilaalinaya markabka hay’ada cuntada ee qaramada midowbay ee FAO ee loo yaqaan “Fish Beacons” ee jooga xeebta Soomaliya

March 23, 2016 - 09:50

Dhammadkii sannadkii 2015 ta markabka hay’ada cuntada ee qaramada midowbay ee FAO MV Kestrel, ayuu markabka Hawlgalka Atalanta ka difaacay weerarada burcad badeedka. Markabkaasi MV Kestrel wuxuu ku guda jiray inuu dhigo xeebta Soomaliya 25 agabkii soo jiidanaayay kallunka. Nidamkan FAD wuxuu ka kaalmeynaya Soomalida una fududeynaya soo qabashada kallunka; kasoo uu xagga xeebta u […]

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ITS Carabiniere personnel liaise with somali fishermen

Operation Atalanta Flagship ITS Carabiniere Keeps Watchful Eye Over UN FAO ‘Fish Beacons’ at Sea that are Helping to Increase Catches for Somali Fishermen

March 17, 2016 - 11:08

At the end of 2015, Operation Atalanta protected a UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (UNFAO) vessel, MV Kestrel, from potential pirate attack as it deployed twenty five Fishing Aggregation Devices (FADs) off the coast of Somalia. The FADs’ unique design will help to attract more fish to the coastal areas, which in turn will increase […]

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German MPRA Detachment arrives in Djibouti to participate in Op Atalanta

Maritime Patrol Capability Increases for Operation Atalanta with In-chop of German Aircrew

March 16, 2016 - 08:41

On 11 March, Op Atalanta’s Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft (MPRA) capability was doubled with the arrival of the German P-3C aircraft in Djibouti. The German team join the Spanish P-3 Detachment already in situ. The new German Detachment has come from their home-base in Nordholz, Germany and consists of 50 personnel, under the command […]

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