Combined Air Operations Centre
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Combined Air Operations Centres (CAOCs) are multinational headquarters for tactical and operational control of NATO Air Forces below the Joint Force Command level. They operate within the NATO Integrated Air Defense System (NATINADS) framework.
Within the European NATO command structure they are subordinated to NATO's Allied Air Command (AIRCOM), and is superior to Control and Reporting Centres, national airspace control centers and Regional Airspace Surveillance Coordination Centres (RASCC) such as BALTNET. NATO may also operate in Europe static and deploy-able CAOCs.
Predecessor organizations of the CAOC were Air Tactical Operations Centre (ATOC) and Air Defence Operations Centre (ADOC). Until 1980 the two HQs for air attack and air defence operated autonomously.
Active locations
Designation | Location | Country | Notes | Ref. |
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CAOC UE | Uedem | ![]() | [1] | |
CAOC TJ | Torrejon Air Base | ![]() | [1] | |
DACCC PR | Poggio Renatico Air Base | ![]() | Deployable Air Command and Control Centre | [2][3] |
Former locations
Designation | Location | Country | Year deactivated | Notes | Ref. |
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CAOC 1 | Finderup | ![]() | 2008 | Replaced at same location by CAOC Finderup | |
CAOC 2 | Uedem | ![]() | 2008 | Replaced at same location by Deployable CAOC Uedem Deployable | [4] |
CAOC 3 | Reitan | ![]() | 2008 | Responsibility transferred to CAOC Finderup | |
CAOC 4 | Meßstetten | ![]() | 2008 | Responsibility transferred to CAOC Uedem | |
CAOC 5 | Poggio Renatico Air Base | ![]() | 2013 | Replaced at same location by Deployable CAOC | |
CAOC 6 | Eskişehir | ![]() | 2013 | Responsibility transferred to CAOC Torrejon | [5] |
CAOC 7 | Larissa | ![]() | 2013 | Responsibility transferred to CAOC Torrejon | [6] |
CAOC 8 | Torrejon Air Base | ![]() | 2013 | Replaced at same location by CAOC Torrejon | [7] |
CAOC 9 | RAF High Wycombe | ![]() | 2008 | Responsibility transferred to CAOC Finderup | |
CAOC 10 | Lisbon | ![]() | 2013 | Responsibility transferred to CAOC Torrejon | [8] |
CAOC F | Finderup | ![]() | 2013 | Responsibility moved to CAOC Uedem | [9] |
Balkans CAOC | Vicenza | ![]() | 2001 | [10] | |
DCAOC UD | Uedem | ![]() | 2013 | Deployable CAOC Uedem, Replaced at same location by CAOC UD | [11] |
References
- ^ a b "Home". ac.nato.int.
- ^ "Home". ac.nato.int.
- ^ "SHAPE | Progress in NATOs Deployable Air Command and Control Capability". aco.nato.int. Archived from the original on 2015-04-28. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
- ^ "NATO HQ Aircom" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-02-21. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
- ^ CAOC-6 Factsheet Archived June 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Allied Joint Force Command Naples Archived February 9, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "NATO Update - Air Operations Centre in Spain - 28 June 2001". www.nato.int.
- ^ "US Army NATO". Archived from the original on February 11, 2007.
- ^ "NATO HQ Aircom | We're sorry" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
- ^ "Combined Air Operations Center will move to new Italy location". May 22, 2001. Archived from the original on 2001-07-16. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
- ^ "CAOC 2: State-of-the-Art Engineering for more Security" Allied Air Component Command HQ Ramstein - Press Release Archived August 7, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
Further reading
- MILITÄRISCHES STUDIENGLOSAR ENGLISCH Teil I, A – K, Bundessprachenamt (Stand Januar 2001), page 309, definition: Combined Air Operations Centre [CAOC].
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