Russian Navy exercises in the Mediterranean Sea

Courtesy of Costas Krallis in Greece and the UDXF newsgroup:

The following NOTAM was published yesterday on a greek forum. The exercices begin today, Janurary 3, 2008.

A2733/08 NOTAMN
Q) LGGG/QWELW/IV/NBO/W /000/280/3500N02600E200

A) LGGG

B) 0901030900

C) 0901161900

D) DATES AND TIMES AS ITEM E.

E) RUSSIAN NAVY AND AIRFORCE WILL MAKE A WITHOUT FIRING EXER WITHIN
ATHINAI FIR AS DESCRIBED BELOW:

1.- EXERCISE AREA (WITHOUT FIRING) : 65NM RAD 343000N 0280000E LIMITED
TO THE SOUTH BY ATHINAI/CAIRO FIR BOUNDARIES.
AWYS WITHIN THE SAID AREA AND KARPATHOS CTR WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY
THE ACTIVITIES.
VERTICAL LIMITS: SFC-FL280.
DATES AND TIMES: JAN 03 04 0900-1900.

2.- EXERCISE AREA (WITHOUT FIRING): 65NM RAD 350000N 0283000E.
AWYS WITHIN THE SAID AREA AND RODOS TMA, KARPATHOS CTR WILL NOT BE
AFFECTED BY THE ACTIVITIES.
VERTICAL LIMITS: SFC-FL280.
DATES AND TIMES: JAN 08 10 0900-1900.

3.- EXERCISE AREA (WITHOUT FIRING): 65NM RAD 343000N 0293000E LIMITED
TO THE EAST BY ATHINAI/NICOSIA FIR BOUNDARIES AND TO THE SOUTH BY
ATHINAI/CAIRO FIR BOUNDARIES.
AWYS WITHIN THE SAID AREA WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE ACTIVITIES.
VERTICAL LIMITS: FL120-FL280.
DATE AND TIMES: JAN 09 0900-1900.

4.- EXERCISE AREA (WITHOUT FIRING): 65NM RAD 341500N 0240000E LIMITED
TO THE SOUTH BY ATHINAI/CAIRO AND ATHINAI/MALTA FIR BOUNDARIES.
AWYS WITHIN THE SAID AREA AND SOUDA MTMA WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE
ACTIVITIES.
VERTICAL LIMITS: SFC-FL280.
DATE AND TIMES: JAN 11 0900-1900.

5.- EXERCISE AREA (WITHOUT FIRING): 65NM RAD 360000N 0204000E LIMITED
TO THE SOUTH BY ATHINAI/MALTA FIR BOUNDARIES.
AWYS WITHIN THE SAID AREA AND KALAMATA MTMA, ANDRAVIDA MTMA WILL NOT
BE AFFECTED BY THE ACTIVITIES.
VERTICAL LIMITS: SFC-FL280.
DATE AND TIMES: JAN 16 0900-1900.

6.- PROCEDURES FOR EXERCISE AIRCRAFT:

6.1.- EXERCISE AIRCRAFT WILL FLY VFR/VMC IN ACCORDANCE WITH ICAO
RULES AND PROCEDURES AS AMPLIFIED IN AIP-GREECE.

6.2.- EXERCISE AIRCRAFT WILL SUBMIT FLIGHT PLANS AND WILL BE IN
CONTACT WITH ATHINAI ACC ON EMERGENCY FREQ 121.5 MHZ.

6.3.- PRIOR COORDINATION WITH APPROPRIATE ATC UNITS IS REQUIRED IN
CASE EXERCISE ACFT EXPECT TO ENTER CONTROLLED AIRSPACE.

F) SFC

G) FL280

CREATED: 24 Dec 2008 10:25:00
SOURCE: LGGGYNYX