Allied Air Command (AIRCOM) took half in NATO’s largest computer-assisted train of the yr, Steadfast Duel 2025, held from 22 to 29 October to boost operational readiness and coordination in a collective defence state of affairs, NATO stated.
Directed by the Joint Warfare Centre (JWC) in Stavanger, Norway, and overseen by Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), the train marked the primary time all three Joint Pressure Instructions, Brunssum, Naples, and Norfolk, educated collectively beneath one coordinated framework.
AIRCOM joined different theatre element instructions in testing NATO’s potential to command and management large-scale operations throughout domains.
Through the train, AIRCOM’s Air Operations Centres in Torrejón, Spain; Uedem, Germany; and Bodø, Norway simulated the technology of Air Tasking Orders to direct missions in a fast-moving, multi-domain surroundings. The drills aimed to make sure that Allied air forces can plan and conduct operations that combine air, land, maritime, cyber, and area elements.
The occasion additionally deepened coordination between AIRCOM, the NATO House Operations Centre, and land instructions, reinforcing the Alliance’s built-in deterrence posture.
Main Common Ruprecht von Butler, Commander of the Joint Warfare Centre, stated the train displays NATO’s drive to satisfy the calls for of an more and more complicated menace surroundings.
“Our more and more complicated safety surroundings requires that we ship extra lifelike and audacious workout routines for the NATO Alliance,” he stated. “With the dimensions and scope managed by Steadfast Duel 2025, we are going to do precisely that.”