✈️ Phoon Friday. Allied edition. UK 🇬🇧, Italian 🇮🇹 and German 🇩🇪 Eurofighter Typhoons are training together during Exercise Cobra Warrior in the UK 🇬🇧 — the RAF’s largest tactical training exercise. Different nations. One platform. One objective: build interoperability and the readiness needed to operate as an integrated NATO force. Train together. Integrate faster. Ready when it matters. 📷 RAF Waddington & RAF Cranwell Visual Communicators @SHAPE_NATO | @NATO_AIRCOM | @DefenceOps | @bundeswehrInfo | @ItalianAirForce | @RoyalAirForce | @RAFWaddington | @UKNATO | @GermanyNATO | @ItalyatNATO

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

⚓ Reflecting on Command. Looking to the future. Vice Admiral Doug Perry reflects on his time as Commander of Joint Force Command Norfolk and U.S. 2nd Fleet, leading through a period of growing strategic importance for the North Atlantic. We thank VAdm Perry for his leadership, commitment and service to JFC Norfolk, and wish him every success in the future. Fair winds and following seas, Admiral. @NATO | @SecGenNATO | @SHAPE_NATO | @NATOJFCBS | @JFC_Naples | @NATO_MARCOM | @NATO_AIRCOM | @LANDCMD | @USNATO | @USNavy | @US2ndFleet

A transfer of command. Continuity of mission. Today, JFC Norfolk marks the formal transfer of command — passing responsibility for a mission central to NATO’s security across the North Atlantic. General Nick Perry DSO MBE 🇬🇧 succeeds Vice Admiral Doug Perry 🇺🇸. His appointment marks the first time a British officer has assumed command of the headquarters. The ceremony begins at 1300 EDT / 1700 UTC and will be streamed live here: 🔗piped.video/live/_Z8qsV6WOU8… @NATO | @SecGenNATO | @SHAPE_NATO | @NATOJFCBS | @JFC_Naples | @NATO_MARCOM | @NATO_AIRCOM | @LANDCMD | @DefenceHQ | @DefenceOps | @UKNATO | @UKCDS_MOD | @GenGJenkinsRM | @CSOC_MOD | @UKinUSA | @USNATO | @USNavy | @US2ndFleet | @BritishArmy

🇬🇧🇺🇸 Training together. Protecting what matters. @RoyalMarines from @43Commando trained alongside U.S. Federal Agents in Arkansas 🇺🇸, strengthening the coordination, communication and shared procedures needed for complex security operations. Through demanding tactical scenarios, UK and U.S. personnel refined their ability to operate together — exchanging expertise and building a common approach to nuclear security and the protection of sensitive assets. Shared skills. Stronger interoperability. Greater security. 📸LPhot Connor Kilbride @RoyalNavy | @UKNATO | @UKinUSA | @UKdefenceUS | @GenGJenkinsRM | @USNATO | @DefenceOps | @Commando_Ops

❄️ Beautiful terrain. Brutal conditions. No room for error. During Exercise Arctic Shield 2026, Danish 🇩🇰 and Finnish 🇫🇮 soldiers conducted a simulated medical evacuation in Greenland’s 🇬🇱 demanding Arctic environment. Operating across remote terrain, extreme weather and vast distances, Allies are testing the skills and coordination needed to move casualties quickly and safely when conditions are at their toughest. Arctic conditions. Allied teamwork. Real-world readiness. #ArcticSentry | @SHAPE_NATO | @NATO_SOF | @LANDCMD | @forsvaretdk | @Puolustusvoimat | @Maavoimat | @DK_NATO

✈️ Integration turns airpower into combat power. Exercise Cobra Warrior 26-2 is underway in the UK 🇬🇧, where Allied air forces are training to fight as one. Fighters, surveillance aircraft, tankers and mobility platforms are integrating across complex scenarios - sharpening coordination, decision-making and combat effectiveness. The result: greater readiness, stronger interoperability and more credible deterrence. 📸RAF Waddington & Cranwell VISCOM @SHAPE_NATO | @NATO_AIRCOM | @RoyalAirForce | @RAFWaddington | @bundeswehrInfo | @Team_Luftwaffe | @ItalianAirForce | @ItalyatNATO | @GermanyNATO | @UKNATO

❄️✈️5th-gen in the Arctic: Integrated, Interoperable, Ready. Danish 🇩🇰 F-35s have landed in Greenland 🇬🇱 for the first time, training alongside U.S. 🇺🇸 F-16s and Canadian 🇨🇦 F-18s in the High North. Supported by French 🇫🇷 air-to-air refuelling and @NATOAWACS, Allied aircraft trained to integrate across vast distances and demanding Arctic conditions. Under Arctic Sentry, Allies are turning presence into readiness — integrating capabilities, sharpening awareness and strengthening NATO’s ability to deter and defend across the High North. Multiple Allies. Integrated capability. Arctic ready. 📸Rune Dyrholm 🇩🇰 #WeAreNATO #ArcticSentry #StrongerTogether @SHAPE_NATO | @NATO_AIRCOM | @forsvaretdk | @usairforce | @RCAF_ARC | @CJOC_COIC | @CanadaNATO | @CanadaOTAN | @DK_NATO | @Armee_de_lair | @EtatMajorFR | @FranceOTAN | @NORADCommand

👀❄️ Seeing further. Knowing more. Ready to respond. NATO AWACS is taking Arctic Sentry to the skies - providing JFC Norfolk with an enhanced air and surface picture across the High North. Operating from Iceland 🇮🇸, NATO’s E-3A strengthens situational awareness across a region vital to the security and reinforcement of the Alliance. The aircraft also supported NORAD’s Operation Arctic Vanguard over Greenland 🇬🇱, integrating aircraft from Canada 🇨🇦, Denmark 🇩🇰 and the United States 🇺🇸. From awareness to action, Allied capabilities are working together to strengthen security across the Arctic and North Atlantic. Vigilant in the Arctic. Ready across the Alliance. #WeAreNATO #ArcticSentry #DeterAndDefend @SHAPE_NATO | @NATOAWACS | @NATO_AIRCOM | @NORADCommand | @IcelandNATO | @DK_NATO | @forsvaretdk | @CanadaNATO | @CJOC_COIC | @ForcesCanada | @RCAF_ARC

⚡ Turning information into advantage. Our Commander, VAdm Doug Perry, welcomed Gen. Sir Rob Magowan KCB CBE ADC RM, Commander of the UK’s Cyber & Specialist Operations Command 🇬🇧, to JFC Norfolk 🇺🇸. The focus: turning technology, data and closer cooperation into decision advantage and operational effect. Sharing lessons and connecting capabilities, strengthening NATO’s ability to operate across domains. Better connected. Better informed. Ready to act. #WeAreNATO #StrongerTogether #DeterAndDefend @SHAPE_NATO | @CSOC_MOD | @DefenceHQ | @DefenceOps | @UKNATO | @UKinUSA | @GenGJenkinsRM | @UKCDS_MOD

❄️ Readiness in the Arctic is built in the Arctic. During Exercise Arctic Shield 2026, more than 400 personnel from 11 NATO nations are putting Allied capability to the test across Greenland 🇬🇱. From ground operations and surveillance to aviation, maritime activity and specialist training, Allies are learning to operate together across vast distances and challenging Arctic terrain. As part of Arctic Sentry, that experience strengthens NATO’s readiness and reinforces a clear message: the Alliance is present, capable and prepared. Train together. Operate together. Ready together. 🇩🇰🇳🇴🇸🇪🇫🇮🇧🇪🇨🇦🇩🇪🇵🇱🇫🇷🇸🇮🇳🇱 #WeAreNATO #ArcticSentry #StrongerTogether @SHAPE_NATO | @LANDCMD | @NATO_SOF | @forsvaretdk | @Forsvaret_no | @Forsvarsmakten | @Puolustusvoimat | @bundeswehrInfo | @CJOC_COIC | @Defensie | @EtatMajorFR | @BelgiumDefence | @Poland_MOD | @Slovenskavojska

ONE MISSION. MANY FACES. 😎 Behind every mission are the people who make it happen! Meet the faces of Northern Viking 26 — service members 🪖and personnel 👨‍🔧👩‍🏭👨‍✈️👷‍♂️ from Allied nations working side by side, bringing their expertise, commitment, and perspective to a shared mission in Iceland🇮🇸. Different backgrounds. Different roles. One team. #ArcticSentry #WeAreNATO #StrongerTogether @SHAPE_NATO|@NATO_AIRCOM|@MFAIceland|@BelgiumNATO|@USNavyEurope |@BelgiumDefence

🛩️ NATO Air Defence Mission in📍Iceland! The 🇧🇪 @BeAirForce conducted an ✈️ Air Defence mission at Keflavik Air Base, Iceland, starting Aug. 7. The month-long deployment included F-16 Fighting Falcons 🛫 and supporting personnel 👨‍✈️contributing to NATO’s enhanced Vigilance Activity (eVA) #ArcticSentry! Iceland’s position in the 🇬🇱Greenland-🇮🇸Iceland-🇬🇧United Kingdom (GIUK) Gap makes effective air surveillance, command and control (C2), and rapid response important to NATO’s ability to defend the High North and maintain the transatlantic link! 🔗 #WeAreNATO #StrongerTogether @SHAPE_NATO| @NATO_AIRCOM| @BelgiumDefence|@MFAIceland| @IcelandNATO

The High North connects our Alliance. Together, we protect it. 🌊❄️ From North America to Europe, the Arctic is an increasingly important part of @NATO's security and collective defence. Arctic Sentry strengthens the Alliance’s ability to understand activity across the region, operate effectively in demanding conditions and respond alongside Allies. NATO is strengthening the capabilities, cooperation and readiness that underpin credible deterrence. One Alliance. Ready across the High North. #WeAreNATO #ArcticSentry #DeterAndDefend @SHAPE_NATO | @NATOJFCBS | @JFC_Naples | @NATO_AIRCOM | @NATO_MARCOM | @LANDCMD | @NATO_SOF | @NATO_ACT | @NATO_JWC | @Forsvaret_no | @forsvaretdk | @Puolustusvoimat | @Forsvarsmakten | @DefenceOps | @DefenceHQ | @USMCFEA | @USNavyEurope | @US_EUCOM | @USNATO | @NorwayNATO | @UKNATO | @SwedenNato | @DK_NATO | @FinlandatNATO | @CanadaNATO | @CanadaOTAN | @CanadianForces | | @GenGJenkinsRM | @swe_chod | @CDS_Canada_CEMD | @MFAIceland | @IcelandNATO

🇺🇸 We remember. Today, we honour the nearly 3,000 lives lost on September 11, 2001, and remember the courage of the first responders, service members and ordinary people who acted in the face of unimaginable tragedy. Twenty-five years later, NATO Allies stand together in remembrance. September 11 changed our world. It also marked the first and only invocation of Article 5 in NATO’s history - a solemn demonstration that an attack against one Ally is an attack against all. In remembrance. In solidarity. Never forgotten. #NeverForget

Below the surface, on the waves and in the air - BALTIC WEEVER 2026 in action! ⚓️ This 🇩🇪 led submarine hunting exercise, is working alongside Allied navies 🚢 like 🇸🇪 to train together to operate as one in the Baltic sea region, sharpening their ability to detect, respond and solve complex challenges together. Exercises like Baltic Weever 2026 builds NATO’s collective readiness and security in the Baltic Sea.🌊 📷Swedish Armed Forces @Swedish_Navy @bundeswehrInfo @SHAPE_NATO @NATO_MARCOM @SwedenNato @GermanyNATO @Forsvarsmakten #WeAreNATO #StrongerTogether

The Arctic is vital to NATO’s collective defence. ❄️ As the strategic importance of the High North grows, @NATO Allies are working together to strengthen security across this vast and challenging region. Through Arctic Sentry, Allies are enhancing situational awareness, increasing readiness and demonstrating their ability to operate together wherever required. 👁️ Enhanced vigilance ⚓ Allied presence 🤝 Greater interoperability 🛡️ Stronger deterrence Across the High North, NATO remains vigilant, ready and united. #WeAreNATO #ArcticSentry #DeterAndDefend @SHAPE_NATO | @NATOJFCBS | @JFC_Naples | @NATO_AIRCOM | @NATO_MARCOM | @LANDCMD | @NATO_SOF | @NATO_ACT | @NATO_JWC | @Forsvaret_no | @forsvaretdk | @Puolustusvoimat | @Forsvarsmakten | @DefenceOps | @DefenceHQ | @USMCFEA | @USNavyEurope | @US_EUCOM | @USNATO | @NorwayNATO | @UKNATO | @SwedenNato | @DK_NATO | @FinlandatNATO | @CanadaNATO | @CanadaOTAN | @CanadianForces | | @GenGJenkinsRM | @swe_chod | @CDS_Canada_CEMD | @MFAIceland | @IcelandNATO

🇲🇰 Среќен Ден на независноста Северна Македонија! Joint Force Command Norfolk wishes our Macedonian 🇲🇰 Allies and friends a Happy Independence Day! #WeAreNATO #StrongerTogether #DeterAndDefend @MKmissionNATO | @MFA_MKD | @Defence_MKD | @ARM_mil_mk