The battle group 'Dédalo' of the Spanish Navy in a large NATO photo series

The Spanish Navy is an important asset for NATO due to its naval, air, and amphibious deployment capabilities in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic.

A series of excellent photos of the Spanish Navy on its deployment Dédalo 25-2
NATO shows the Spanish contribution to the Steadfast Dart 25 exercise in Greece and Bulgaria

This capability is demonstrated by the deployments of the Expeditionary Combat Group "Dédalo", led by the L-61 aircraft carrier "Juan Carlos I". Its most recent deployment, and the second carried out this year by that group, took place from June 17 to July 7 and was recently shown by the Spanish Navy in a long series of excellent photos that we already saw here.

Battle group "Dédalo" first deployment in 2025 began on January 30 and concluded in mid-March. During this deployment, the group participated in Steadfast Dart 25, a NATO-organized exercise held in Bulgaria and Greece from February 10 to 21.

The Joint Allied Command Naples (NATO JFC Naples) published yesterday a large series of photos of the Spanish contribution to that exercise. You can see them here. Most of the photos were taken during the landing exercise carried out in Volos, Greece, by the Tercio de Armada (TEAR) and the LCM-1E landing craft of the Grupo Naval de Playa, with air support from 5 Harrier II Plus fighters from the 9th Squadron and 2 SH-60F Seahawk helicopters from the 5th Squadron.

Above: TEAR soldiers descend from a 5th Squadron SH-60F on a beach in Volos, Greece.

TEAR soldiers guiding the landing in Volos. At the top left we see an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter of the Greek Army.

TEAR soldiers arriving on the beach by boat during the landing at Volos.

A TEAR soldier directing a Spanish ST-5 VAMTAC equipped with an 81 mm EIMOS mortar.

Spanish artillerymen from the Landing Artillery Group (GAD) of the TEAR deploying a 105 mm OTO Melara Model 56 light howitzer in Volos, Greece.

The aircraft carrier "Juan Carlos I" L-61 in the port of Thessaloniki, Greece, on February 8.

An EAV-8B+ Harrier II Plus fighter from the 9th Squadron receiving instructions from a movement officer on the flight deck of the L-61 in the port of Thessaloniki.

Five TEAR soldiers next to two Harrier II Plus fighters from the 9th Squadron on the flight deck of the L-61, during its stopover in Thessaloniki.

Two TEAR soldiers at a training area near Volos, Greece, after disembarking from an SH-60F helicopter from the 5th Squadron. The soldier on the left is armed with a Heckler & Koch HK416 assault rifle, recently incorporated into the TEAR.

Two SH-60F helicopters from the 5th Squadron flying in a training area near Volos, Greece.

Three ST-5 VAMTAC tactical vehicles from the TEAR aboard an LCM-1E landing craft from the Naval Beach Group in the floodable dock of the aircraft carrier "Juan Carlos I" L-61.

A TEAR ST-5 VAMTAC descending to a beach in Volos, Greece, from a Naval Beach Group LCM-1E landing craft.

You can see more photos published by NATO JFC Naples here..