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NATO Ambassadors tour AWACS sites
27 June 2002
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On 27 June, the Deputy Secretary General, Ambassador Alessandro Minuto Rizzo, and NATO Ambassadors visited the NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Programme Management Agency (NAPMA) in the Netherlands and the main operating base in Geilenkirchen, Germany.
Their visit took place a day before the 20th anniversary of the base, which was opened in 1982. The decision to activate the AWACS component was taken by NATO in 1978.
The Deputy Secretary General and the Ambassadors were briefed on current programmes and operations and were able to see demonstration flights. AWACS provide air surveillance and early warning capability by transmitting data to command and control centres on land, sea and in the air. In total, seven were sent to the United States to contribute to the fight against terrorism. They returned to base in May 2002.