NATO School Oberammergau (NSO), European Air Group (EAG) and Joint Air Power Competence Centre (JAPCC) signed a Memorandum Of Agreement in the field of Education and Individual Training (E&IT) by mutually supporting their operations and interests related to Force Protection (FP), with particular focus on NATO approved FP Courses delivered by NSO. NSO is an…
ETAP-T23/VOLCANEX Air Mobility Protection Team Training By recognising the overall ETAP-T23 training aim, the ETAP-T23/VOLCANEX AMPT side training had the aim of training AMPTs from several nations together and exchanging best practices in order to enhance interoperability and tactical awareness by utilising the European Air Group’s AMPT Handbook extensively. The European Air Group (EAG) VOLCANEX…
The biannual EAG STOX Technical Arrangement (TA) Coordination Board (CB) convened on 6 July 2023. Force Protection representatives from Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Norway, Spain and Sweden attended the meeting. The purpose of this CB is to supervise all “Survive to Operate and Force Protection (STOX) TA” and therefore ensure the increased capability of…
From 09-11 May 2023, the European Air Group (EAG) held the yearly Force Protection Seminar. This occasion was superbly hosted by The Netherlands at the Defence Helicopter Command at AB GILZE-RIJEN. On Day 1 FP Subject Matter Experts from Belgium, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, Italy, The Netherlands, Sweden and NATO AIRCOM joined the forum…
The biannual EAG STOX Technical Arrangement (TA) Coordination Board (CB) convened on 8 Feb 2023 @ EAG / RAF High Wycombe. The meeting was attended by representatives from Belgium, Spain, Great Britain, France, Italy, Netherlands and Sweden. The purpose of this CB is to supervise all “Survive to Operate and Force Protection (STOX) TA” objectives:…
The European Air Group’s (EAG) VOLCANEX FP C2 CPX series is a well-established exercise series within the EAG Force Protection (FP) community. Through the excise’s overarching aim, to train junior FP officers and NCOs in functions in a multinational Air FP Command Post on the basis of internationally agreed EAG and NATO documents, especially the EAG’s…
The FP way in the EAG – A single set of experts Force Protection projects and continuous activities are born, discussed and refined through STOX TA Coordination Board Meetings. This expert FP forum, formed by the undersigning Nations of the corresponding TA, convenes twice a year with the task to manage the EAG FP activities.[1]…