The Aviation Magazine Volume 6, Issue 2, February-March 2015 | Page 39
The second part of the multinational exercise JOINT WARRIOR took place between 6 and 17 October, 2014
on the beautiful Scottish coast line. In total 53 aircraft, 22 warships and submarines and more than 3.500
men and women were involved in the JW 14‐2 (the official acronym in common use).
For those who are not familiar with JW, Joint Warrior is a UK tri‐Service multinational exercise that involves
numerous warships, aircraft, marines and troops. Joint Warrior provides a complex environment in which
UK, NATO and allied units can go through training together in tactics and skills for use in a combined joint
task force. The exercise runs through a range of scenarios, including crisis and conflict situations, that could
be realistically encountered in operations ‐ disputed territory, terrorist activity, piracy and more. This mas‐
sive multinational exercise delivers specialist maritime training, bringing together the theatres of air, sur‐
face, underwater and amphibious forces.
The planning for this massive exercise was done by the Joint Tactical Exercise Planning Staff (JTEPS) with
their headquarter in Northwood. Squadron Leader Duncan Laisny, responsible for the planning and the co‐
ordination of the air ops made it clear by saying: “this exercise, with its various realistic scenarios, gives us
the chance to centralize and strengthen the expertises of the particular armed forces”.
©2014 Wolfgang Jarisch
Typhoon from SQN.1 RAF Lossiemouth