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Breeze 2024 Kicks off In the Black Sea

12 July 2024

NAS SIGONELLA, Sicily (July 11, 2024) A P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 45 prepares to take off as part of the 28th iteration of the annual exercise Breeze 2024, July 11, 2024. Led by the Bulgarian Navy and scheduled in the Black Sea, Breeze 2024 is focused on anti-submarine warfare, search and rescue, force protection/anti-terrorism operations, maritime interdiction operations and anti-piracy mission areas. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathan D. Berlier)
NAS SIGONELLA, Sicily (July 11, 2024) A P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 45 prepares to take off as part of the 28th iteration of the annual exercise Breeze 2024, July 11, 2024. Led by the Bulgarian Navy and scheduled in the Black Sea, Breeze 2024 is focused on anti-submarine warfare, search and rescue, force protection/anti-terrorism operations, maritime interdiction operations and anti-piracy mission areas. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathan D. Berlier)
NAS SIGONELLA, Sicily (July 11, 2024) A P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 45 prepares to take off as part of the 28th iteration of the annual exercise Breeze 2024, July 11, 2024. Led by the Bulgarian Navy and scheduled in the Black Sea, Breeze 2024 is focused on anti-submarine warfare, search and rescue, force protection/anti-terrorism operations, maritime interdiction operations and anti-piracy mission areas. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathan D. Berlier)
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NAS SIGONELLA, Sicily (July 11, 2024) A P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 45 prepares to take off as part of the 28th iteration of the annual exercise Breeze 2024, July 11, 2024. Led by the Bulgarian Navy and scheduled in the Black Sea, Breeze 2024 is focused on anti-submarine warfare, search and rescue, force protection/anti-terrorism operations, maritime interdiction operations and anti-piracy mission areas. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathan D. Berlier)
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NAPLES, Italy - Three P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft and aircrew assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 10 began their participation in exercise Breeze 2024, July 11.

The annual exercise, led by the Bulgarian Navy, is scheduled in the Black Sea, out of Varna, Bulgaria. Breeze 2024 will feature units from Albania, Belgium, Greece, Italy, Poland, Romania, Türkiye, United States and NATO’s Allied Maritime Command, focusing on improving operational and tactical interoperability, enhancing interagency cooperation and evaluating Bulgarian Navy units.

This is the 28th iteration of the annual exercise. The exercise will focus on anti-submarine warfare, search and rescue, force protection/anti-terrorism operations, maritime interdiction operations, and anti-piracy mission areas.

U.S. 6th Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, conducts the full spectrum of joint and naval operations, often in concert with allied and interagency partners, to advance U.S. national interests and security and stability in Europe and Africa.


 
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