Exercise Noble Dina 2016 in Greece with Hellenic Navy, US Navy and Israeli Navy.

The aim of the exercise was to improve the cooperation of the forces in a series of operational and tactical scenarios, which took place both at sea and, at the NATO Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Center (at Souda Bay, Greece) and the Port of Haifa in Israel.

The scenarios involved the following:
· Naval surface warfare,
· Fleet air defence,
· Anti-Submarine Warfare with the participation of Maritime Patrol Aircraft,
· Logistics with the use of ships’ helicopters,
· Electronic Warfare and Communications,
· Maritime interdiction operations, and
· SAR – CSAR operations.

The Hellenic Navy took part with a Blohm+Voss – Hellenic Shipyards MEKO 200HN frigate, a Roussen-class (BAE Systems – Elefsis Shipyards Super Vita-type FAC), a submarine and four Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter aircraft.

The US participated with one destroyer and a maritime patrol aircraft. Israel detached three Sa’ar 5 and Sa’ar 4.5 corvettes, two submarines, one MPA, two transport aircraft, four utility helicopters and a pair of fighter aircraft.