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Twenty-six ships, nine aircraft and more than 2,000 sailors from eight NATO Allies and partner nations took part in Exercise Breeze, an annual exercise off the coast of Bulgaria in the Black Sea.

Twenty-six ships, nine aircraft and more than 2,000 sailors from eight NATO Allies and partner nations took part in Bulgarian Navy-led exercise Breeze, an annual maritime exercise held off the coast of Bulgaria in the Black Sea.

Breeze 2020 aimed to improve the readiness of all participants. In addition to host country Bulgaria, countries represented included Belgium, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Romania, Spain and Turkey. Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) and Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group Two (SNMCMG2) also participated.

The exercise ran from 10 to 19 July 2020.

This footage, courtesy of the Bulgarian Ministry of Defence, includes shots of ships from Allies and partner nations that participated in the exercise at sea.

Courtesy of the Bulgarian Ministry of Defence

1. (00:00) VARIOUS SHOTS – SHIPS PARTICIPATING IN EXERCISE BREEZE 2020 AT SEA
2. (00:20) WIDE SHOT – TURKISH FRIGATE YILDIRIM SAILING AT SEA
3. (00:31) MEDIUM SHOT – SAILOR LOOKING THROUGH BINOCULARS ABOARD BULGARIAN FRIGATE “VERNI”
4. (00:38) WIDE SHOT – ROMANIAN FRIGATE REGINA MARIA
5. (00:45) VARIOUS SHOTS – BULGARIAN SAILORS ON BOARD BULGARIAN FRIGATE “VERNI”
6. (00:55) WIDE SHOT - SPANISH FRIGATE ALVARO DE BAZAN
7. (01:02) WIDE SHOT – HELICOPTER ON SPANISH FRIGATE ALVARO DE BAZAN
8. (01:06) WIDE SHOT - SPANISH FRIGATE ALVARO DE BAZAN
9. (01:13) WIDE SHOT – PARTICIPATING SHIPS AT SEA
10. (01:21) WIDE SHOT – US NAVY POSEIDON AIRCRAFT SEEKING SUBMARINE
11. (01:31) WIDE SHOT – BULGARIAN FRIGATE SMELI
12. (01:38) WIDE SHOT - US NAVY POSEIDON AIRCRAFT SEEKING SUBMARINE
13. (01:47) WIDE SHOT – VARIOUS PARTICIPATING SHIPS AT SEA
14. (01:54) TILT SHOT – WAVES BEHIND SHIP
15. (02:06) CLOSE UP – BULGARIAN SAILOR LOOKING THROUGH BINOCULARS ABOARD BULGARIAN FRIGATE VERNI
16. (02:13) VARIOUS SHOTS – SHOTS FROM THE SIGNAL BRIDGE ABOARD BULGARIAN FRIGATE VERNI
17. (02:22) WIDE SHOT - SHIPS SAILING IN A GROUP
18. (02:31) MEDIUM SHOT – ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILES ON SHIP
19. (02:40) CLOSE UP - WAVES BEHIND A SHIP
20. (02:48) WIDE SHOT - SHIPS SAILING AT SEA
21. (03:00) WIDE SHOT – CANON ON SPANISH FRIGATE ALVARO DE BAZAN
22. (03:05) MEDIUM SHOT – SIGNAL BRIDGE
23. (03:11) MEDIUM SHOT – BULGARIAN SAILORS IN CONVERSATION ON THE BRIDGE
24. (03:19) CLOSE UP – SHIP’S NAVIGATIONAL EQUIPMENT
25. (03:25) WIDE SHOT – HELICOPTER LANDING ON TURKISH FRIGATE YILDIRIM
26. (03:43) MEDIUM SHOT - BULGARIAN SAILORS ON DECK LOOKING THROUGH BINOCULARS
27. (03:53) WIDE SHOT - SPANISH FRIGATE ALVARO DE BAZAN AND ROMANIAN FRIGATE REGINA MARIA
28. (04:02) WIDE SHOT – BULGARIAN CORVETTTE RESHITELNI
29. (04:17) MEDIUM SHOT – BULGARIAN SAILOR SETTING FLAG ON SHIP
30. (04:23) WIDE SHOT - SHIPS SAILING AT SEA
31. (04:30) MEDIUM SHOT - SPANISH FRIGATE ALVARO DE BAZAN
32. (04:37) MEDIUM SHOT – WAVES IN SLOW-MOTION
33. (04:46) WIDE SHOT – SHIP’S SILHOUETTE DURING SUNSET
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