On 23-24 May 2023, the European Air Group (EAG) hosted its annual Steering Group meeting, on this occasion hosted by the Director, Lieutenant General André Steur, the Director of the EAG and Commander of the Royal Netherlands Air Force. The meeting was held at the Van Ghentkazerne Marine Corps base in Rotterdam, Netherlands, where the…
On this day, the 2022 Annual Review of the European Air Group (EAG) was approved by the Director, Lieutenant General Dennis Luyt, Chief of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNAF), and further permission to publish the document online was given by the Deputy Director, Général de Brigade Aérienne Xavier Foissey. The document provides an overview…
As we start to return to work in 2023, the staff of the EAG would like to wish all of our partners a Bonne Année; Gelukkig Nieuwjaar; Frohes neues Jahr; Buon Anno; Feliz año nuevo; gott nytt år; godt nytt år; a Happy New Year. We look forward to further improving the interoperability between our…
Today saw a further step in European military cooperation and interoperability with the signing of a formal letter of agreement by Mario Blokken, Director FINABEL, and Brigadier General Xavier Foissey, Deputy Director of the EAG, whereby the two organizations agreed on future cooperation. Combining knowledge and experience from both the land and air component will realise…
On 28 July 2022, the post of the Deputy Director of the European Air Group changed from Air Commodore Hugh Smith of the Royal Air Force, to Général de Brigade Aérienne Xavier Foissey of the French Air and Space Force at the European Air Group Head Quarters at RAF High Wycombe. The ceremony began with…