A Royal Navy Lynx HMA.8 (Anti-Submarine/Anti-Ship) helicopter, 702 Squadron, Yeovilton, United Kingdom (UK), flies near the US Sixth Fleet flagship Blue Ridge Class Amphibious Command Ship USS MOUNT WHITNEY (LCC 20) on the Mediterranean Sea during Exercise DESTINED GLORY (Loyal Midas) 2005. The exercise is a medium-scale NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) amphibious live exercise designed to certify selected NATO units and assigned forces. US participation is to enhance the training for NATO partners, provide training for US forces and to show US commitment
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Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)
Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Timm Duckworth, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
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1915
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