Last week two Indonesian Navy #TNIAL Parchim-class corvettes, KRI Sultan Thaha Syaifuddin (376) and KRI Teuku Umar (385), carried out a gunnery exercise (GUNNEX) in the North Natuna Sea

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📸1st Fleet Command

Indonesian Air Force #TNIAU is currently deploying some of its F-16s to Natuna Island for air patrols

Looks like they also carried live Sidewinder air-to-air missiles

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📸TNI AU

8/1/2024

🇮🇩🇲🇾 soldiers worked together to help fix water pipes and houses for local communities in Temajuk, West Kalimantan

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📸TNI AD / 16th FAB

4/4/2024

Soldiers stationed on Natuna Island and their families boarded Indonesian Air Force #TNIAU C-130, CN-295, and C-212 for a return trip to their hometowns so that they could spend Eid al-Fitr with their loved ones

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📸TNI AU

16/8/2023

Indonesian Navy #TNIAL corvette KRI Tjiptadi (381) and CN-235 MPA operating together in Natuna Sea

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📸1st Fleet

Top 📷 📷 Shots: 📷 #USSPorter flight ops with German Navy in the Baltic Sea. 📷 #USSCarterHall morning colors. 📷 #USSNimitz flight ops in the Philippine Sea. 📷 #USSPorter conducts a general quarters training evolution. #ForwardPresence #NavyPartnerships

Top 📷 📷 Shots: 📷 #USSPorter flight ops with German Navy in the Baltic Sea. 📷 #USSCarterHall morning colors. 📷 #USSNimitz flight ops in the Philippine Sea. 📷 #USSPorter conducts a general quarters training evolution. #ForwardPresence #NavyPartnerships

Three Indonesian Navy #TNIAL corvettes, KRI John Lie (358), KRI Sutedi Senaputra (378), and KRI Tjiptadi (381), recently conducted a joint exercise in North Natuna Sea

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📸 1st Fleet

26/10/2023

Soldiers assigned to the Indonesian Army #TNIAD 6th Cavalry Battalion patrolled the arid 🇮🇩🇹🇱 border in Manamas, East Nusa Tenggara

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📸TNI AD / 6th Cav

19/10/2023

Soldiers attached to Indonesian Army #TNIAD 122nd IB patrol 🇮🇩🇵🇬 border in Keerom Regency, Papua

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📸 TNI AD / 122nd IB

28/4/2024

Indonesian Air Force #TNIAU C-130J-30 Super Hercules (A-1344) took off from Raden Sadjad AFB, Natuna Island, with a nice view of Mount Ranai in the background

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📸TNI AU

20/3/2024

Indonesian Army #TNIAD personnel patrolling 🇮🇩🇵🇬 border in Boven Digoel, South Papua

Note: even the Babinsa got ACOG 😁

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Indonesian Marine Corps BVP-2 IFV on Natuna Island during a recent combat readiness inspection

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📸 TNI AL / 1st Marine Force

Indonesian Navy #TNIAL corvette, KRI Sutedi Senoputra (378), and NC-212 recently operated together in the Natuna Sea

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📸1st Fleet Command

24/11/2023 🇮🇩🇵🇬

Coordination meeting between Indonesian and Papua New Guinea soldiers and border officials in Merauke, South Papua

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📸TNI AD / 726th IB

Forward Friday 🤝 Fitness Friday

Sailors, assigned to amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), and Marines, assigned to 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), participate in a 5K run on the flight deck in the Arabian Gulf.

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21/9/2023

Indonesian Navy #TNIAL Parchim-class corvettes, KRI Sutedi Senoputra (378) and KRI Silas Papare (386), in North Natuna Sea

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📸1st Fleet Command

6/1/2024

Busy day at Indonesia's westernmost military air base (Sabang NAS, Weh Island, Aceh):

CN235-220, NC212-200, and AS-565 MBe Panther

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📸TNI AL / Sabang NAS

In a very rare move, Indonesian Air Force #TNIAU shows a glimpse of its CH-4 'Rainbow' UCAV currently stationed on Natuna Island

Based on the official statement, this photo was taken during last week's operational readiness test

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A cracking image of HMS Spey coming alongside in Devonport #NewZealand to a rousing haka. Thanks Cdr Alan Parker Royal NZ Navy Naval Attaché 🇺🇸 for sharing.

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