In pictures: Exercise Joint Warrior
- 1 April 2014
- From the section South Scotland
A multi-national exercise involving thousands of soldiers gets under way in the south west of Scotland.
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A major military exercise, Joint Warrior, is taking place at a variety of locations around Scotland this week
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One part of the exercise was staged in south west Scotland and involved a bid to "recapture" Castle Kennedy airfield
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An amphibious assault on the Luce Bay coastline, near Stranraer, saw about 1,000 marines seek to regain control of the airfield
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Belgian and Dutch marines were also involved in the multi-national exercise
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Joint Warrior is one of Europe's largest Nato training events and is held twice a year
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In addition to Galloway, Cape Wrath in the Highlands and the Moray Firth are among the places in Scotland where training is being held
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Some 35 warships, 25 different types of aircraft and about 13,000 personnel are taking part
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Joint Warrior got under way on Monday and will run at a variety of locations until 11 April
