RAF A400M Conducts Historic Landing on Remote Arctic Island in NATO Mission
The joint U.S., British and Norwegian mission saw the A400M transporting a JLTV, simulating a NMESIS system, and infantry in the High North.
The Royal Air Force (RAF) revealed on Oct. 9, 2025 a first-of-its-kind operation conducted in cooperation with the U.S.
As part of the operation, an RAF A400M Atlas transport aircraft landed for the first time on Norway’s Jan Mayen island in the Norwegian Sea, airlifting there a U.S. Marine Corps JLTV (Joint Light Tactical Vehicle), as well as British, U.S. infantry.
Notably, the RAF disclosed the JLTV was meant to simulate the NMESIS (Navy/Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System).
The NMESIS forms a part of the Corps’ island-hopping Expeditionary Advanced Base of Operations (EABO) concept in the western Pacific, and was live-fired in the latest edition of Exercise Balikatan with the Philippines earlier this year.
Author's summary: Historic landing of RAF A400M on Arctic island.