Ny chef for NATO’s luftoperationscenter i Finderup

[Oprindeligt publiceret af Flyverstaben]

	Stig Østergaard Nielsen Højreklik på billedet og vælg "gem billede som" for at downloade portrættet i høj kvalitet

Siden 1. januar 2008 har Generalmajor Henrik Røboe Dam være chef for NATOs Luftoperationscenter. Fra 5. maj vil Generalmajor Stig Østergaard Nielsen overtage kommandoen

Stig Østergaard Nielsen har hidtil siddet i et job som chef for Flyvertaktisk kommando og hele det danske Flyvevåben – et job som Henrik Dam fik overdraget kommandoen over i går ved en parade i Karup.

Stig Østergaard Nielsen er ikke ubekendt med sit nye job, eftersom han i perioden 2005 -2007 også var chef for Luftoperationscentret samtidig med jobbet som chef for Flyvertaktisk Kommando. Stig Østergaard Nielsen vil blive indsat ved en parade foran bunkeren i Finderup 5. maj kl. 1300 dansk tid. Det bliver chefen for NATOs flystyrker i Nordeuropa, som forestår kommandooverdragelsen.

NATO’s Luftoperationscenter i Finderup har ansvaret for luftoperationer i Norge, Island, Storbritanien og Danmark. Hele det Nordatlantiske luftrum bliver således overvåget fra bunkeren i Finderup af operations- og støttepersonel fra seks forskellige nationer. 
 

New Commander CAOC 1 at Finderup

NATO’s Combined Air Operations Centre 1, located in the bunker at Finderup near Viborg, will undergo a change of command on 05 May.

Since 01 January 2008 Major General Henrik Røboe Dam has been Commander CAOC 1 and from 05 May Major General Stig Østergaard Nielsen will assume command.

Stig Østergaard Nielsen’s previous job has been as Commander of the Tactical Air Command Denmark and of the entire Royal Danish Air Force – which job Henrik Dam assumed command of yesterday at a parade in Karup. Stig Østergaard Nielsen is not unfamiliar with his new job, since he in the period 2005 to 2007 was double hatted as Commander CAOC 1 besides being Commander TACDEN.

Stig Østergaard Nielsen will be inaugurated at a parade in front of the bunker at Finderup 05 May 1300 hours local time. During the parade the Air Component Commander of NATO Northern Region in Ramstein will facilitate the change of command.

The mission of CAOC 1 is to be responsible for air operations over Norway, Iceland, Great Britain and Denmark. Thus the entire North Atlantic airspace is watched over from the bunker at Finderup by operators and support personnel from six NATO nations.