Exercise Arctic Fox 24
| Exercise Arctic Fox 24 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Military exercise |
| Country | Greater Normark New Anea |
| Established | 2024 |
| Participants | WEDA and ANS |
| Organised by | Joint Training & Exercise Planning Staff |
| Sponsor | TRI WEDA and ANS |
Exercise Arctic Fox 24, abbreviated ARCFOX24, was a WEDA-led military exercise alongside the ANS held in Greater Normark and New Anea in June and July 2024 with a collective defense scenario under the Trilateral Strategic Security Dialogue (TRI). The exercise was the largest of its kind in Greater Normark since the 1980s. An expected -- participants from -- nations partook, including 10,000 vehicles, 250 aircraft and -- vessels. The exercise was mainly held in the Northern Ocean islands of Større Løye and Nordøyene, in addition to air and sea areas. The stated goal of Arctic Fox was to train and to test the alliance's defense capability and ability to operate in cold weather and difficult terrain.
Exercise
Exercise Arctic Fox 24 consisted of three main parts: a phase of deployment, a live field exercise, and a command post exercise.
The deployment started on June 30th, with personnel, equipment and military materiel arriving at several different points in Normark and New Anea. From these arrival points, the material was transported to the training areas by rail and road. An estimated total of 180 flights and 60 ship loads were needed to transport all the exercise equipment to the staging zones. A total of 50 camps were established in and around the exercise area. Half of these had the capacity to quarter more than 500 people, the largest being able to house 5,500 people.
During the field exercise (LIVEX) the participants began training according to a scripted scenario. The land battle took place in the north of the shared island of Større Løye, just west of the Anean port of Sirmilik. There was sea activity and air activity along the island's coastline and neighboring small islands in the Northern Ocean.
The command post exercise (CPX) was a data simulated desk exercise to train the headquarters.
The exercise gathered around 51,000 participants from exercising nations. An expected 250 aircraft, 65 vessels and 10,000 vehicles were shipped to Nordøyene. Required was the establishment of 35,000 beds, 1.8 million meals to be served, 4.6 million bottles of water and 660,000 kilograms of laundry throughout the exercise.
Participating nations and equipment
WEDA
- 3 Makai-class frigates
- Frigate KMP ʻAi ʻino
- Frigate KMP Kai eʻe
- Frigate KMP Hiki ole ke poho
- 2nd Squadron, 14th Fighter Wing
- 3rd Squadron, 7th Attack Group
- 24 WW-11's
- 1st Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 1st Division Expeditionary Force (300)
- 6 Lāpaki LMV's
- 3 EE-11's
- 10 Mea Lawe Pūʻali Koa’s (MLPK)
- 3 Q100-class frigates
- QNAV Reynaldo Barbosa
- QNAV Ernesto Batista
- QNAV Danilo Guimarães
- 2 QEKO-200 class frigates
- QNAV Irina Ramos
- QNAV Noemí Sequeira
- 1 Ronalla-class submarine
- QNAV Ronalla
- 8 Z-17 Condors
- 12 AV-44 Varries
