List of NATO exercises

1950–2015

• Mainbrace - Defence of Denmark and Norway during September 1952.
• * 200 ships
• * over 50,000 personnel
• Exercise Grand Slam in the Mediterranean Sea
• Exercise Longstep in the Mediterranean Sea
• Exercise Italic Weld, a combined air-naval-ground exercise in northern Italy during August 1953
• Exercise Grand Repulse during September 1953
• * British Army on the Rhine
• * Netherlands Corps
• * Allied Air Forces Central Europe
• Exercise Monte Carlo, a simulated atomic air-ground exercise during September 1953
• * Central Army Group
• Exercise Weldfast, a combined amphibious landing exercise in the Mediterranean Sea during October 1953
• * American, British, Greek, Italian and Turkish naval forces.
• Operation Counter Punch during 1957
• Operation Strikeback during 1957
• Operation Deep Water during 1957
• Exercise Reforger was an annual exercise and campaign conducted from 1969 to 1993
• Northern Wedding was a NATO Cold War naval military exercise, designed to test NATO's ability to rearm and resupply Europe from 1970 to 1986
• Exercise Able Archer was an annual exercise by NATO military forces in Europe. Able Archer 83, carried out in November 1983, is believed to have nearly started a nuclear war with the Soviet Union.

  2016

• Cold Response 16 - Trøndelag, Norway until 9 March 2016.
• * Air Component
• ** United States
• *** Boeing B-52H Stratofortresses of the 2d Bomb Wing
• *** Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers
• *** General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcons
• *** Lockheed C-130 Herculeses

  2018

• Exercise Trident Juncture 2018 – Trøndelag, Oppland and Hedmark, Norway October–November 2018.

  2020

• DEFENDER-Europe 20 “Exercise DEFENDER-Europe 20 is a U.S.-led multinational exercise, including NATO's participation. It is the largest deployment of U.S.-based forces to Europe in more than 25 years with 20,000 soldiers deployed directly from the U.S. to Europe.”