NATO Dispersed Operating Bases (DOBs) were developed to improve air power survival when NATO began planning for tactical air bases and aircraft in western...
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United States Air Force operated 11 major air bases in France. There were other communications sites, NATO Dispersed Operating Bases, Sub-Depots and minor...
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Berlin, opera company in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin NATO Dispersed Operating Bases (DOBs) Dobo Airport, Indonesia (IATA code DOB) Dob, a cultivar...
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Air base (redirect from Air Force Bases)
60 and Bas 90 systems, the British V-Bomber dispersal bases, and NATO's Dispersed Operating Bases in France. Road airbases are highways constructed to...
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in terms of area. Most of foreign military installations are located in NATO countries, Middle East countries, South Korea, Australia, Japan. U.S. officials...
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Yugoslav SAMs were preemptively dispersed away from their garrisons and practiced emission control to decrease NATO's ability to locate them. The Yugoslav...
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Rogachevo (air base) (category Russian Air Force bases)
Sukhoi Su-27 (NATO: Flanker) in 1985. It is possible that in 1993 the unit may have dispersed to Afrikanda. During the 1970s Tupolev Tu-28 (NATO: Fiddler)...
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Vatry Air Base (category French Air and Space Force bases)
from the primary bases to be used in the event of an emergency. Vatry was selected to be one of these "NATO Dispersed Operating Bases". No flying unit...
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up to four additional fighter squadrons and operate from three additional NATO Dispersed Operating Bases.[citation needed] A result of French president...
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Operation Deliberate Force (redirect from NATO bombing of Republika Srpska)
casualty-free day in 22 months since April 1992. On 28 February, NATO fighters operating under Deny Flight shot down four Bosnian Serb fighters for violating...
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NBMR-3 (redirect from NATO Basic Military Requirement 3)
overrun or disabled through Eastern Bloc hostile actions and that dispersed operating bases would be needed. Germany was planning replacements for the Fiat...
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Laon-Athies Air Base (section NATO use)
airfield was rebuilt in the 1950s as a NATO Dispersed Operating Base for United States Air Force units in France to disperse their forces to in case of a war...
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Saint-Simon – Clastres Air Base (category French Air and Space Force bases)
until the end of the war. It was redeveloped in the 1950s as a NATO Dispersed Operating Base and was closed in 1967. Today, it is mostly agricultural fields...
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United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa (section French withdrawal from NATO's military structure)
engaged in the Vietnam War. Before Spain joined NATO in 1982, the USAF had for many years used Spanish air bases. Initially used primarily by the Strategic...
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Suwałki Gap (category NATO)
democracy, decreasing its military and nuclear presence. NATO's commitment not to build any permanent bases beyond the Oder river therefore seemed reasonable...
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Cambrai-Niergnies Airport (section Postwar/NATO use)
McAuliffe, Jerome J (2005): U.S. Air Force in France 1950-1967, Chapter 17, Dispersed Operating Bases Airport information for LFYG at Great Circle Mapper....
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company commanders' one. Most of the dispersed platoon bases were replaced by heavily protected permanent company bases, mostly a short distance from a village...
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the Soviet deployment of the SS-20 Saber, which could hit most European NATO bases within minutes of launch. These mutual deployments led to a destabilizing...
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Torrejón Air Base (category Bases of the Spanish Air and Space Force)
and personnel on many more bases, with each bombardment wing having two additional installations to which it could disperse. On 5 July 1958 the Air Defense...
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Nancy – Ochey Air Base (category French Air and Space Force bases)
Ochey airfield to the United States Air Force as an emergency NATO Dispersed Operating Base for its fighter aircraft stationed in France in the 1950s...
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Peronne-St Quentin Airfield (section Postwar/NATO use)
McAuliffe, Jerome J (2005): U.S. Air Force in France 1950-1967, Chapter 17, Dispersed Operating Bases Airport information for LFAG at Great Circle Mapper....
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adapts it to a multinational, geographically dispersed alliance framework, often under the umbrella of NATO’s Integrated Air and Missile Defence System (NATINAMDS)...
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decades; the aircraft is planned to be a cornerstone of NATO and U.S.-allied air power and to operate to 2070. The F-35 was the product of the Joint Strike...
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the 'go' order. This arrangement was called the NATO Quick Reaction Alert Force. It provided a dispersed force upwards of 100 strike aircraft for use on...
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advent of nuclear war and the danger that stationary bases faced, the Soviet Navy sought to disperse the fleet while still maintaining functionality. As...
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designation. The 48 FW operates in support of United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa, United States European Command and NATO. The Liberty Wing...
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were operating above them in the skies. Air supremacy is the highest level, where a side holds complete control of the skies. It is defined by NATO and...
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of operating with minimal ground support. These specifications were developed for two reasons: the first was the nuclear threat to large air bases, many...
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Vidsel Air Base (category Bases of the Swedish Air Force)
able to operate all current types of aircraft used by the Swedish AF, as well as a number of other aircraft from other users, including many NATO, as the...
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Bulgarian Air Force (section Air bases)
air defence assets and provided 8 Freya-type radars dispersed throughout the country. A dispersed observation and reporting system was gradually developed...
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