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 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…
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…
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…
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…
