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…
On 22 March 2023, Lieutenant General Dennis Luyt, Commander of the Royal Netherlands Air Force and Director of the European Air Group (EAG), visited the EAG Headquarters at Royal Air Force High Wycombe. This was the first time, post-pandemic, that the Director has been able to visit the EAG in person since taking command in…
On 10 March, the EAG Deputy Director (DD), Brigadier General Xavier Foissey visited his Belgian counterpart at Florennes Air Base. He was welcomed by his Belgian counterpart, Colonel Philippe Goffin, Chief of Staff of the Belgian Air Component, as well as the Florennes’ Base Commander, Colonel Cedric Kamensky. The aim of the meeting was for…
The EAG is engaged in preparing for the latest version of its own VOLCANEX CIS Exercise. During the recent Main Planning Conference, 5 nations confirmed the involvement of their CIS and Tactical Data Link (TDL) assets, and a 6th nation will join with Cyber assets. VOLCANEX CIS 23 is not just about CIS, it’s also…
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 first EAG Connectivity Forum was hosted in the École Royale Militaire, in Brussels, on 26 and 27 January 2023. The objectives set for this first forum were to analyse two projects approved by the EAG Working Group: these were to discuss a Tactical Data Link (TDL) presence in the next VOLCANEX CIS 2023, and to…
On 31 January and 01 February 2023, the European Air Group (EAG) had the pleasure of hosting the second Air Warfare Centre Symposium. Subject Matter Experts from all seven EAG Air Warfare Centres and Air Force Headquarters, as well as distinguished guests from the Tactical Leadership Program (TLP) and USAFE-AFAFRICA, met at RAF High Wycombe…
At a meeting of the Movement Coordination Centre Europe (MCCE), held in Slovenia, a Letter of Cooperation was signed between the Deputy Director of the EAG, Général de Brigade Aérienne Xavier Foissey, and the Director MCCE, Colonel Gioacchino Cassarà. The Letter of Agreement seeks to ensure cooperation between the 2 organizations in the fields of Air…
Image taken during the 1st AWC Symposium. RAF High Wycombe, 23-24 March 2022. On 31 January and 1 February 2023, the European Air Group will host an Air Warfare Centre (AWC) Symposium for the second year in a row. Officers from the seven EAG nations, Tactical Leadership Program (TLP) and the USAFE-AFAFRICA Warfare Center are…
Last November the first meeting of the Cargo Helicopter Interoperability Project (CHIP) was hosted by the EAG at RAF High Wycombe and RAF Odiham. In the first meeting Training opportunities in Europe were discussed and exchanged and a tour of RAF Odiham was done. Special attention was given to a rear crew training simulator which…