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Det Italienske hangarskipet Giuseppe Garibaldi til kai i Narvik under vinter øvelsen Cold Response 2022

24 March: Experience air assault with helicopters from Italian aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi

Wednesday morning, helicopters from aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi will land troops in the vicinity of Brøstadbotn, Norway

Media is invited to photograph, film and observe the air assault. As this is an ongoing operation in the exercise, there will be limited room for interviews with the soldiers.

A representative from the Norwegian press centre will meet the media and guide them to the area of the landing of the troops.

Media representatives are asked to arrive in Brøstadbotn 07.45 am CET. Please bring press card and id. Google Maps location here: https://goo.gl/maps/899c13XMajgeGGBa8

Registration: Please register and receive more information for the event by sending an e-mail to the following address: info@mil.no no later than 23 March 21:00.

About Cold Response 2022

  • Cold Response 2022 is a Norwegian military exercise with invited allies and partner nations. The field exercise started on 14 March and concluded on 31 March 2022.
  • There will be some minor allied training and activity in April, after the field exercise.
  • The first allied troops arrived in Norway last autumn and earlier this winter to train and prepare for the exercise.
  • Over 30,000 soldiers from 27 countries, as well as a number of civilian agencies have taken part in the exercise.