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…
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…
From 9 to 11 May 2023, personnel from the Italian Army, German Air Force, Royal Netherlands Air Force and Royal Air Force came together at Gilze-Rijen Air Force Base in The Netherlands for the first Cargo Helicopter Interoperability Project (CHIP) meeting of 2023. The aims and outputs of the CHIP are to improve interoperability between…
On 09 May 2023, the European Air Group (EAG) had the pleasure of hosting a Flight Safety Management System Seminar. Subject Matter Experts from all EAG Air Forces met at RAF High Wycombe (FRA joined by VTC) to identify, discuss, share best practices and explore areas of cooperation in the Safety Management System (SMS) field.…
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 first EAG CIS meeting was hosted by Ejercito del Aire y del Espacio at Base Aérea de Gando on the 15th and 16th of March 2023. It provided a forum for exchanging ideas and knowledge on the military CIS in use by Air Forces in Europe. The discussion focused on the differing tactical and infrastructure…
The European Air Group organised a Rapid Air Power Projection symposium, hosted by the French Armée de l’Air & de l’Espace at Lyon Mont Verdun AFB (France), from the 27th to the 30th of March 2023 as part of a new initiative aimed at exploring the possibility of planning and executing combined, multinational, long-range deployments. Participants…
