📍Eastern Europe | NEPTUNE STRIKE: high level NATO exercise for the protection of the Alliance's air space ✈️   Numerous training flights alongside our 🇵🇱🇮🇹🇫🇮allies, involving a 🇫🇷 A330-MRTT tanker from the Air Force and Navy Rafale   ✈️ joint flights in NATO air space and the international Baltic air space Common planification 🎯 Live fire campaigns on land targets ⛽ Air-to-air refueling   NEPTUNE STRIKE illustrates the high level of operational preparation of the Alliance for the defence of its territory and approaches 🛡️ #StrongerTogether #WeAreNATO 💪

⚓ Carrier strike returns to the High North. Led by HMS Prince of Wales, the UK Carrier Strike Group 🇬🇧 has returned to sea for national and NATO operations across the North Atlantic and High North. As part of Arctic Sentry and NATO’s Neptune Strike series, the group brings together air, surface and subsurface capabilities to strengthen Allied presence, protect vital sea lines of communication and reinforce NATO’s ability to deter and defend across the region. Carrier strike. Allied presence. Arctic ready. 🔗jfcnorfolk.nato.int/activity… @NATO | @SHAPE_NATO | @STRIKFORNATO | @NATOJFCBS | @JFC_Naples | @NATO_MARCOM | @NATO_AIRCOM | @COMUKCSG | @DefenceOps | @UKNATO | @GenGJenkinsRM | @RoyalNavy | @UKCDS_MOD | @UKdefenceUS | @DefenceHQ |@HMSPWLS

SACEUR described his Theory of Victory at @WarsawForum today, outlining how Allies will block, blunt &, if necessary, break any attack against NATO. The ultimate goal is to not get to that point & to maintain deterrence. NATO is ready either way. 🔗 shape.nato.int/page11283634/…

💬 "We stand here together in Poland today stronger than ever united in our common vision of a more balanced, more ready and more lethal alliance." — Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO. #WarsawSecurityForum #WSF2026 #WSFAnnualGathering #UnitedWeStand #NATO

💬 "Still, no one should mistake our defensive nature for weakness or lack of resolve. Through our collective strength, we aim to deter and keep the peace." — Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO. A clear reminder of NATO's readiness and military strength at #WSF2026 🛡️ #WarsawSecurityForum #WSF2026 #WSFAnnualGathering #UnitedWeStand #NATO #TransatlanticSecurity

Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO on Warsaw Stage #WarsawSecurityForum A clear, strong message on NATO's posture and military deterrence at #WSF2026 🛡️ #WarsawSecurityForum #WSF2026 #WSFAnnualGathering #UnitedWeStand #NATO

Deterrence through strength, not provocation 🛡️ At #WSF2026, Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich (Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO) emphasized that NATO's primary goal remains preventing conflict — backed by absolute resolve, unity, and defensive readiness. #WarsawSecurityForum #WSF2026 #WSFAnnualGathering #UnitedWeStand #NATO

SACEUR welcomed Germany’s 🇩🇪 Chief of Defence, General Carsten Breuer @BundeswehrGI, to SHAPE today. Working together to strengthen NATO’s readiness, deterrence and defence. 🤝

🛡️❄️ Greenland’s security is NATO’s security. More than 400 personnel from 11 NATO nations trained together across Greenland — strengthening the ability to operate, sustain and fight in one of the Alliance’s most demanding environments. Part of Arctic Sentry, the joint training demonstrated a clear commitment: Allies are present, integrated and ready to defend together across the High North. From Arctic mobility and reconnaissance to logistics, medical support and joint operations, Exercise Arctic Shield 2026 builds Allies ability to work together to defend NATO’s north. @NATO | @SHAPE_NATO | @LANDCMD | @NATO_SOF | @forsvaretdk | @Forsvaret_no | @Forsvarsmakten | @Puolustusvoimat | @EtatMajorFR | @armeedeTerre | @CJOC_COIC | @CanadianForces | @bundeswehrInfo | @BelgiumDefence | @DK_NATO | @NorwayNATO | @SwedenNato | @FinlandatNATO | @FranceOTAN | @CanadaNATO | @CanadaOTAN | @GermanyNATO | @BelgiumNATO

This week SACEUR briefed the @EUparliament on NATO–EU cooperation, defence investment and NATO readiness. 🛡️ Read the full remarks here: shape.nato.int/page11283634/…

It was great to attend @SHAPE_NATO General Grynkewich’s briefing to the @Europarl_EN. Close ties between NATO and the EU remain a top priority for the United States. I urge the EU to view all NATO Allies as trusted partners in EU defense programs.  We can accomplish more—on defense and so much else—together.

General Nick Perry is the first British officer assuming command of @JFCNorfolk. His appointment follows the decision to strengthen European leadership across the Alliance’s command structure ↓ nato.int/en/news-and-events/…

NATO’s two Strategic Commanders met in Norfolk this week with one shared focus: keeping the Alliance ready today while preparing for tomorrow. Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT) Adm. Vandier welcomed Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) Gen. Grynkewich bringing operations & transformation together to strengthen @NATO's deterrence & defence. ▶️ Hear from both commanders. #WeAreNATO #NATO #DeterrenceAndDefence #TransformationInAction @SHAPE_NATO

A first for Finland 🇫🇮 and Sweden 🇸🇪 On 24 September, Finnish F-18s and Swedish JAS Gripens conducted their first joint operational identification mission, led by the Finnish Air Operations Centre. The fighters scrambled alongside F-16s from Türkiye 🇹🇷 at Ämari, Estonia 🇪🇪, and Italian Eurofighters at Šiauliai, Lithuania 🇱🇹, both on Air Defence mission in the Baltics, as NATO and national Quick Reaction Alert aircraft responded to multiple Russian military aircraft in international airspace.

General Nick Perry DSO MBE 🇬🇧 assumes Command of Joint Force Command Norfolk. Addressing the Command, Gen. Perry set out a clear focus for JFC Norfolk and NATO’s mission across the North Atlantic: “The North Atlantic is once again a theatre of strategic competition. The assumptions many of us enjoyed for decades can no longer be taken for granted. That is why: 🔹Deterrence matters. 🔹Readiness matters. 🔹Warfighting matters. And that is why this Command exists. Our task is simple to describe, but demanding to deliver: to ensure NATO can deter aggression, defend the Alliance and, if deterrence fails, prevail in conflict alongside our Allies and partners.” 🔗jfcnorfolk.nato.int/activity… @NATO | @SecGenNATO | @SHAPE_NATO | @NATOJFCBS | @JFC_Naples | @NATO_MARCOM | @NATO_AIRCOM | @LANDCMD | @DefenceHQ | @DefenceOps | @UKNATO | @UKCDS_MOD | @GenGJenkinsRM | @CSOC_MOD | @UKinUSA

First ever Alpha scramble ✈️🚨 After graduating from the Air Academy in 2025, Lieutenant Luis flew his first Alpha scramble yesterday from Ämari Air Base, Estonia 🇪🇪 Two @EjercitoAire 🇪🇸 F-18s responded to a Russian 🇷🇺 Il-20M COOT-A intelligence-gathering aircraft flying over international waters without maintaining communications with civilian air traffic control.

🇵🇱🤝🇺🇸 Gen. Wiesław Kukuła spotkał się w Kopenhadze z SACEUR gen. Alexusem G. Grynkewichem. Główne tematy: 🔹 integracja #TarczaWschód z #EFDI, 🔹 połączenie sensorów, systemów dowodzenia i efektorów, 🔹 wzmocnienie obrony powietrznej i przeciwrakietowej oraz C-UAS, 🔹 wsparcie Ukrainy 🇺🇦, 🔹 perspektywy wzmacniania obecności wojskowej USA w Polsce. Więcej tu ➡️ wp.mil.pl/ohtl

The weekend is coming. The watch doesn't stop. Somewhere at sea, somewhere ashore, someone is still keeping an eye on the horizon. ⚓ #CTFAtlantic #WeAreNATO @NATO_MARCOM @JFCNorfolk @SHAPE_NATO @NATO

Last night, two Italian 🇮🇹 Eurofighters deployed on NATO Air Defence mission at Šiauliai 🇱🇹, scrambled and shot down a drone over Lithuanian airspace.    The operation was coordinated through NATO’s Combined Air Operations Centre in Uedem, Germany. Investigations are ongoing together with national authorities.    NATO has dozens of aircraft and numerous other air defence capabilities strategically deployed across the Alliance. Many enablers support these efforts, including air-to-air refueling aircraft and airborne early warning assets. Together, these capabilities provide a robust, layered shield that helps defend the Alliance and its one billion citizens.

With their ability to cruise beneath the waves unseen, carrying a belly full of torpedoes and missiles, submarines pose a serious threat to Allied security. But that’s where the sub hunters come in: NATO’s anti-submarine capability. Link in threaded post for the full video ↓