US Aircraft Carrier Truman Trains With Norwegian Forces in the High North, highnorthnews.com

The US aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman is now sailing in Arctic waters – accompanied by the Norwegian frigate HNoMS Roald Amundsen and the Italian frigate ITS Carabiniere.

This week, the aircraft carrier and its air wing are training together with the Norwegian Air Force in the airspace from Troms county, Northern Norway, to Trøndelag county, Central Norway. 

Specifically, US F/A-18 Super Hornet fighters operate together with Norwegian F-35 fighters from Ørland Air Station.

“We now get to practice with a formidable capacity. This demonstrates our allies’ ability and willingness to defend Norwegian areas of interest in the North,” says Colonel Ole Marius Tørrisplass, Commander of the 132nd Air Wing at Ørland Air Station. […]

This autumn’s naval exercise is also underway at sea, the Norwegian Armed Forces announced on Wednesday afternoon.

In the coming weeks, Norwegian, Danish, and British naval forces will exercise along the coast from Loppa, Western Finnmark, in the North to Bergen in the South. The majority of activities will take place in Northern Norway. The USS Harry S. Truman has not been informed whether it will participate. Läs artikel