On 29 August 2024, the post of the Deputy Director of the European Air Group changed from Brigadier General Xavier Foissey of the Armée de l’Air et de l’Espace, to Brigadier General Patrick Goossens of the Belgian Air Force at the European Air Group Headquarters at Royal Air Force High Wycombe. During the handover ceremony,…
AIR CHIEFS MEET TO DISCUSS CO-OPERATION AND INTEROPERABILITY IN MILAN, ITALY The European Air Group Steering Group, comprising the Chiefs of Staff or their representatives of the Air Forces of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and the United Kingdom, met in Milan, Italy on 20 June. The Steering Group is the highest governance…
The VOLCANEX exercise series is used to introduce and validate EAG key products. Each VOLCANEX is demand driven and the result of a request, identified need or requirement articulated by the EAG nations. VOLCANEX exercises are aimed at the tactical level with the intention to enhance interoperability and standardization amongst EAG Nations and EAG Partner…
Eighteen F-35 Users from all over the world joined the U.S. Air Force Global F-35 Users Group Working Group (UGWG) conference that was held for the second time at the Lockheed Martin facility at Fort Worth, TX, March 19 – 21, 2024. The Users are part of the F-35 UGWG which is a formal and…
Sqn Ldr Michael Neaves of the EAG PS attended the Defence Leaders Combat Engineering and Logistics Conference in Warsaw from 12-14 Mar 24. Sqn Ldr Neaves is a regular attendee at this event since 2019, and has presented on a variety of EAG projects for the last 4 years. This year he presented on two…
The EAG had a very busy month in February 24, aiming to deliver Agile Combat Employment (ACE) from a European perspective First of all, members of the EAG PS were welcomed to Lithuania by the Chief of Air Staff, Colonel Ananas Matutis, at the Air Force Headquarters in Kaunas. Following the traditional exchanging of gifts,…
Vital to military partnerships with key allies around the world is interoperability. The European Air Group aims to improve tactical capability through interoperability, and one of its major projects includes F-35 Technicians Interoperability. The goal of this initiative is to reduce the F-35 logistic footprint and at the same time increase the operational capabilities by…
