NATO
Allied Air Command
April 29, 2022

NATO enhances Integrated Air and Missile Defence through tri-hosted exercise

NATO’s Senior Military Leaders and Integrated Air and Missile Defence (IAMD) experts conducted a tri-hosted IAMD Table Top Exercise (TTX) at STRIKFORNATO’s headquarters in Oeiras, Portugal, 27-28 Apr, 22.

Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO) in conjunction with Allied Air Command (AIRCOM) and Allied Maritime Command (MARCOM) conducted the IAMD TTX….STRIKFORNATO’s Deputy Commander, Rear Admiral James Morley welcomed exercise participants from 16 Allied nations for the exercise.

Rear Admiral Morley said: “The IAMD TTX was an excellent opportunity for senior leadership throughout the NATO Alliance to discuss the complexities of the evolving IAMD threat in Europe. Given the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, it is of the utmost importance that our leaders routinely get together to explore scenarios that the alliance could potentially face in the near future….”

During the two-day exercise, the participants focused on measures to deter, nullify or reduce any air and missile threats and discussed the standing NATO Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) mission….

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NATO’s AIRCOM, the single service command for all Alliance air and space matters delivers Air and Space Power for the Alliance on the European continent. Headquartered in Ramstein, Germany, AIRCOM provides Command and Control of NATO’s Integrated Air and Missile Defence mission and hosts the Alliance’s Ballistic Missile Defence Operations Centre.