NATO air power centre of excellence up and running
Germany, working with other 15 countries, has opened a multinational Joint Air Power Competence Centre (JAPCC) in Kalkar, Germany, to improve the Alliance's air, space, land and maritime air power operations.
Germany, working with other 15 countries, has opened a multinational Joint AirPower Competence Centre (JAPCC) in Kalkar, Germany, to improve theAlliance's air, space, land and maritime air power operations.
The JAPCC is a NATO Centre of Excellence.
Centres of Excellence are nationally- or multinationally-fundedtraining centres that work in parallel with NATO’s Allied CommandTransformation in Norfolk, Virginia, US, to improve NATO’s capabilitiesin key areas.
They provide an opportunity for forcesfrom NATO and Partnership for Peace countries to improveinteroperability and capabilities, test and develop doctrine, andvalidate concepts through experimentation.
"There are two reasons for the JAPCC," said Royal Netherlands Air Force Col. Dr. Frans Osinga, the JAPCC liaison to Alliance Command Transformation, "Thefirst reason is that within NATO there is no operational level orstrategic level staff body in dealing with air power issues. The secondis that there is a need to modernise NATO's joint air powercapabilities."