Four of Her Majesty’s Canadian Ships from the Atlantic Fleet will be
participating in a joint international exercise with the United States
Navy from November 19 to December 14, off the East Coasts of Canada and
United States called Task Group Exercise 6-12.
Royal Canadian Navy will work with the North American Aerospace Defense
Command (NORAD) to combine the Task Group Exercise with the NORAD Air
Defence Exercise Amalgam Dart to further enhance interoperability and
effectiveness between the Royal Canadian Navy and NORAD. The high tempo
training will provide valuable experience to our sailors in a wide range
of at-sea evolutions, to include navigation and seamanship, helicopter
operations, and warfare exercises. Furthermore, Amalgam Dart will
provide an excellent opportunity to train in ship-to-air and air-to-air
defence.
Units participating in Task Group Exercise 6-12 and
Amalgam Dart are Her Majesty’s Canadian Ships Iroquois, Preserver, Ville
de Quebec and St. John’s. The ships will be joined by Royal Canadian
Air Force aircraft and personnel from 12 Wing Shearwater, 14 Wing
Greenwood, 17 Wing Winnipeg, 3 Wing Bagotville, and 22 Wing North Bay to
include CH-124 Sea King helicopters, CF-18 fighters and a CP-140 Aurora
long-range patrol aircraft.