RAMSTEIN, Germany - NATO Air Chiefs, General Officers and Senior Enlisted Leaders from 25 Allied Air Forces and six Partner countries convened Mar 15 to 16 for the first NATO Air Chiefs’ Symposium of 2017. Chaired by the Commander of Allied Air Command (AIRCOM), General Tod D. Wolters, the symposium is held twice a year to discuss Joint and Air domain issues.
I welcome the ratification, by an overwhelming majority in the Afghan Parliament, of the Status of Forces Agreement between Afghanistan and NATO and the Bilateral Security Agreement between Afghanistan and the United States. The Alliance now has the legal basis needed to move forward with our non-combat mission to train, advise and assist the Afghan National Security Forces from Jan. 1, as we agreed with the Afghan authorities.
For the first time, Swedish JAS-39 Gripen fighters cooperate with NATO aircraft to enhance safety of the airspace above the Baltic Sea. NATO and Swedish control agencies establish procedures to assist unidentified and/or aircraft with communication problems. During the eighth Baltic Region Training Event, March 22, German F-4F Phantom fighters practice hand-over procedures with their Swedish counterparts. The German fighters are currently...
From April 4 to 15 the NATO Combined Air Operations Centre Uedem conducts Exercise Ramstein Dynamo 2011 in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the Uedem, Kalkar, Weeze and Mönchengladbach area.
NATO’s commitment to collective security is demonstrated during the one-day Baltic Region Training Event that takes place at Šiauliai Air Base, Lithuania, on Nov. 3.
