
Combined Air Operations Centres (CAOCs) are multinationalheadquarters for tactical and operational control of NATOAir Forces below the Joint Force Command level. They operate within theNATO Integrated Air Defense System (NATINADS) framework.
Within the European NATO command structure they are subordinate to NATO'sAllied Air Command (AIRCOM), and superior toControl and Reporting Centres, national airspace control centers and Regional Airspace Surveillance Coordination Centres (RASCC) such asBALTNET. NATO may also operate in Europe static and deployable CAOCs.
Predecessor organizations of the CAOC wereAir Tactical Operations Centre (ATOC) andAir Defence Operations Centre (ADOC). Until 1980 the two HQs forair attack andair defence operated autonomously.
| Designation | Location | Country | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAOC ENBO | Bodø Air Base | [1] | ||
| CAOC UE | Uedem | [2] | ||
| CAOC TJ | Torrejon Air Base | [2] | ||
| DACCC PR | Poggio Renatico Air Base | Deployable Air Command and Control Centre | [3][4] |
| Designation | Location | Country | Year deactivated | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAOC 1 | Finderup | 2008 | Replaced at same location byCAOC Finderup | ||
| CAOC 2 | Uedem | 2008 | Replaced at same location by Deployable CAOC Uedem Deployable | [5] | |
| CAOC 3 | Reitan | 2008 | Responsibility transferred toCAOC Finderup | ||
| CAOC 4 | Meßstetten | 2008 | Responsibility transferred to CAOC Uedem | ||
| CAOC 5 | Poggio Renatico Air Base | 2013 | Replaced at same location by Deployable CAOC | ||
| CAOC 6 | Eskişehir | 2013 | Responsibility transferred to CAOC Torrejon | [6] | |
| CAOC 7 | Larissa | 2013 | Responsibility transferred to CAOC Torrejon | [7] | |
| CAOC 8 | Torrejon Air Base | 2013 | Replaced at same location by CAOC Torrejon | [8] | |
| CAOC 9 | RAF High Wycombe | 2008 | Responsibility transferred to CAOC Finderup | ||
| CAOC 10 | Lisbon | 2013 | Responsibility transferred to CAOC Torrejon | [9] | |
| CAOC F | Finderup | 2013 | Responsibility moved to CAOC Uedem | [10] | |
| Balkans CAOC | Vicenza | 2001 | Controlled the 1999NATO aerial bombing campaign against theFederal Republic of Yugoslavia during theKosovo War[11] | [12] | |
| DCAOC UD | Uedem | 2013 | Deployable CAOC Uedem, Replaced at same location by CAOC UD | [13] |
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