News
| Date | Title | |
| 01 Apr. 2020 |  |
Coronavirus response: Airlift brings urgent medical supplies to the Czech Republic A cargo plane carrying several tons of urgent medical supplies from China, including vital respirators and facemasks, landed at Pardubice airport in the Czech Republic on Tuesday evening (30 March 2020) to help combat the coronavirus. |
| 29 Mar. 2020 |  |
Coronavirus response: Czech medical aid arrives in Spain, heads to Italy A C-130 cargo plane of the Spanish Air Force carrying 10,000 protective medical suits donated by the Czech Republic reached Spain on Sunday (29 March 2020) as part of allied efforts to combat the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The aircraft, which also carried 90 respirators, landed at Torrejón air base for further distribution of the supplies by the Spanish authorities. |
| 25 Mar. 2020 |  |
Coronavirus crisis: Allied planes carrying supplies arrive in Slovakia, head to Romania A planeload of medical supplies, including masks, has arrived in Slovakia on Wednesday (25 March 2020) to help with the coronavirus crisis. |
| 24 Mar. 2020 |  |
Allied airlift brings urgent medical supplies to the Czech Republic A cargo plane carrying several tons of medical supplies from China, including vital respirators and millions of facemasks, landed at Pardubice airport on Tuesday night (24-25 March 2020) to help combat the coronavirus. |
| 26 Mar. 2020 |  |
Coronavirus response: 45 tons of supplies arrive in Bucharest An Allied military plane loaded with 45 tons of medical supplies landed at Bucharest airport on Thursday morning (26 March 2020) from the Republic of Korea. |
| 19 Mar. 2020 |  |
Czech Republic adopts SALIS capability to airlift urgent medical equipment (article by NSPA) Luxembourg, 19 March 2020 – The Czech Republic will use Strategic Airlift International Solution (SALIS) to transfer urgent medical equipment from China and help tackling the coronavirus crisis in the country. |
| 28 Mar. 2020 |  |
Coronavirus response: second C-17 cargo plane arrives in Romania with 100,000 protective suits A military plane filled with 45 tons of medical supplies landed at Bucharest airport on Saturday morning (28 March 2020). The C-17 Globemaster cargo plane, which arrived from the Republic of Korea, carried 100,000 protective suits as part of efforts to combat the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The protective suits were purchased by the Romanian government as part of the efforts to combat COVID-19. |
| 18 Jun. 2019 |  | Today, (18 June 2019) six NATO Allies took a critical step towards making the future Multi Role Tanker and Transport Capability (MRTT-C) more affordable. A Letter of Intent on cooperation around the MRTT-C was signed between France and the five current MRTT-C participants: Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Norway. This will help make maintenance and repair operations for the MRTT-C more affordable. The Letter of Intent sets out areas of cooperation including exchanges of expertise and joint training. |
| 11 Sep. 2017 |  |
Strategic Airlift Capability conducts humanitarian relief efforts in the Caribbean The Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) launched a humanitarian relief mission to the Caribbean in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma on Friday, Sept. 8, 2017. |
| 08 Aug. 2016 |  | NATO is preparing a major boost to its ability to refuel aircraft in mid-air, with the signature of an agreement between the Netherlands and Luxembourg to acquire two Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (A330 MRTT) aircraft. The new tankers will be acquired on behalf of the participating nations and NATO. They can support NATO and European Union operations, as well as multinational and national ones. |