Central Mediterranean

Satellite and aerial maps of Central Mediterranean with nearby locations

Nearby locations	Km	Bearing
El Adem / Al Adam , Al Butnan	125.0	183	HLTQ
Martubah AB , Darnah	125.7	247	HLMT
As Sallum Helipad , Matruh	188.3	146
As Sallum Airport , Matruh	209.2	143	HE19
Sidi Barrani , Matruh	245.3	132	HE40
Habata AB , Matruh	250.2	146	HE18

Central Mediterranean

32° 59' 0'' N 23° 59' 0'' E

Central Mediterranean News

Wildcat is First Royal Navy Helicopter to Land on USS Gerald R Ford

01-Aug-23 - A Royal Navy Wildcat helicopter becomes first British aircraft to land on world’s largest warship, the US Navy’s USS Gerald R Ford (CVN-78) aircraft carrier #Wildcat

Greek, German and Italian ships at Op IRINI

08-Dec-20 - Ships Adrias (Greece) Hamburg (Germany) and Cigala Fulgosi (Italy) enforcing the arms embargo against libya in the Mediterranean Sea under European operation EUNAVFOR MED IRINI #Irini

Operation Odyssey Lightning

03-Nov-16 - USMC AH-1W Super Cobra of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducted precision air strikes against ISIS in Sirte, Libya

Exercise Deep Blue II in the Mediterranean

20-Jul-16 - UK, US and France ships leaded by HMS Ocean helicopter carrier took part of antisubmarine exercise Deep Blue II in the Mediterranean. First time since 2012 HMS Ocean embarked an entire air group

814 Naval Squadron ASW Exercise in the Mediterranean

09-Mar-16 - Royal Navy 814 NAS two Merlin Mk2 Helicopters flew across Europe over two days in order to participate in Exercise Dynamic Manta 16 NATO’s largest Anti-Submarine exercise in the Mediterranean

HMS Bulwark Rescues Migrants in the Mediterranean

29-May-15 - Nearly 370 people, 50 of them children, were saved by HMS Bulwark in one of five rescues played out at the same time off the Libyan coast by European navies responding to the humanitarian crisis