Combined Air Operations Centre

{{Short description|Multinational headquarters for tactical and operational control of NATO Air Forces}}

{{About-distinguish2|NATO Combined Air Operations Centres|the Air Operations Centers used by the United States Air Force}}

File:Oefening AOCS NM 01.jpg

Combined Air Operations Centres (CAOCs) are multinational headquarters for tactical and operational control of NATO Air Forces below the Joint Force Command level. They operate within the NATO Integrated Air Defense System (NATINADS) framework.

Within the European NATO command structure they are subordinated to NATO's Allied Air Command (AIRCOM), and is superior to Control and Reporting Centres, national airspace control centers and Regional Airspace Surveillance Coordination Centres (RASCC) such as BALTNET. NATO may also operate in Europe static and deploy-able CAOCs.

Predecessor organizations of the CAOC were Air Tactical Operations Centre (ATOC) and Air Defence Operations Centre (ADOC). Until 1980 the two HQs for air attack and air defence operated autonomously.

Active locations

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|+Active NATO Combined Air Operations Centres

!Designation

!Location

!Country

!Notes

!Ref.

CAOC UE

|Uedem

|{{Flag|Germany}}

|{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://ac.nato.int/default.aspx |website=ac.nato.int}}

CAOC TJ

|Torrejon Air Base

|{{Flag|Spain}}

DACCC PR

|Poggio Renatico Air Base

|{{Flag|Italy}}

|Deployable Air Command and Control Centre

|{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://ac.nato.int/default.aspx |website=ac.nato.int}}{{cite web |title=SHAPE | Progress in NATOs Deployable Air Command and Control Capability |url=http://www.aco.nato.int/progress-in-natos-deployable-air-command-and-control-capability.aspx |publisher=aco.nato.int |accessdate=2016-01-16 |archive-date=2015-04-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428133041/http://www.aco.nato.int/progress-in-natos-deployable-air-command-and-control-capability.aspx |url-status=dead }}

Former locations

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|+Former NATO Combined Air Operations Centres

!Designation

!Location

!Country

!Year deactivated

!Notes

!Ref.

CAOC 1

|Finderup

|{{Flag|Denmark}}

|2008

|Replaced at same location by CAOC Finderup

CAOC 2

|Uedem

|{{Flag|Germany}}

|2008

|Replaced at same location by Deployable CAOC Uedem Deployable

|{{cite web |title=NATO HQ Aircom |url=http://www.airn.nato.int/brte_VII/factsheets/PDF/AIRN_FACTSHEET_CAOC_UEDEM_NU.pdf |url-status=dead |accessdate=2016-01-16 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130221112704/http://www.airn.nato.int/brte_VII/factsheets/PDF/AIRN_FACTSHEET_CAOC_UEDEM_NU.pdf |archivedate=2013-02-21}}

CAOC 3

|Reitan

|{{Flag|Norway}}

|2008

|Responsibility transferred to CAOC Finderup

CAOC 4

|Meßstetten

|{{Flag|Germany}}

|2008

|Responsibility transferred to CAOC Uedem

CAOC 5

|Poggio Renatico Air Base

|{{Flag|Italy}}

|2013

|Replaced at same location by Deployable CAOC

CAOC 6

|Eskişehir

|{{Flag|Turkey}}

|2013

|Responsibility transferred to CAOC Torrejon

|[http://www.afsouth.nato.int/operations/NATOTurkey/CAOC6Factsheet.htm CAOC-6 Factsheet] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070612190312/http://www.afsouth.nato.int/operations/NATOTurkey/CAOC6Factsheet.htm|date=June 12, 2007}}

CAOC 7

|Larissa

|{{Flag|Greece}}

|2013

|Responsibility transferred to CAOC Torrejon

|[http://www.afsouth.nato.int/JFCN_Factsheets/Athens04/CAOC.htm Allied Joint Force Command Naples] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070209091927/http://www.afsouth.nato.int/JFCN_Factsheets/Athens04/CAOC.htm|date=February 9, 2007}}

CAOC 8

|Torrejon Air Base

|{{Flag|Spain}}

|2013

|Replaced at same location by CAOC Torrejon

|{{Cite web |title=NATO Update - Air Operations Centre in Spain - 28 June 2001 |url=https://www.nato.int/docu/update/2001/0625/e0628b.htm |website=www.nato.int}}

CAOC 9

|RAF High Wycombe

|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|2008

|Responsibility transferred to CAOC Finderup

CAOC 10

|Lisbon

|{{Flag|Portugal}}

|2013

|Responsibility transferred to CAOC Torrejon

|{{Cite web |title=US Army NATO |url=http://www.usanato.army.mil/AFSOUTH/LISBON/LISBON.htm |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211021959/http://www.usanato.army.mil/AFSOUTH/LISBON/LISBON.htm |archivedate=February 11, 2007}}

CAOC F

|Finderup

|{{Flag|Denmark}}

|2013

|Responsibility moved to CAOC Uedem

|{{cite web |title=NATO HQ Aircom | We're sorry |url=http://www.airn.nato.int/BRTE_IV/factsheets/pdf/Fact_Sheet_CAOC1.pdf |url-status=dead |accessdate=2016-01-16 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218073428/http://www.airn.nato.int/BRTE_IV/factsheets/pdf/Fact_Sheet_CAOC1.pdf |archivedate=2013-02-18}}

Balkans CAOC

|Vicenza

|{{Flag|Italy}}

|2001

|{{cite web |date=May 22, 2001 |title=Combined Air Operations Center will move to new Italy location |url=http://ww2.pstripes.osd.mil/01/may01/ed052201j.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010716011027/http://ww2.pstripes.osd.mil/01/may01/ed052201j.html |archive-date=2001-07-16 |accessdate=2016-01-16}}

DCAOC UD

|Uedem

|{{Flag|Germany}}

|2013

|Deployable CAOC Uedem, Replaced at same location by CAOC UD

|[http://www.airramstein.nato.int/press1006.htm "CAOC 2: State-of-the-Art Engineering for more Security" Allied Air Component Command HQ Ramstein - Press Release] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807002448/http://www.airramstein.nato.int/press1006.htm|date=August 7, 2007}}

Combined Air Operations Centre

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