Bodø, Northern Norway (High North News): The temporary premises of NATO’s third Combined Air Operations Center will be ready at the Armed Forces’ base in Bodø already in October. Norwegian Defense Minister Tore O. Sandvik commends the progress.
”We have seen a construction area which will impressively meet all deadlines it was given,” said Norwegian Minister of Defense Tore O. Sandvik (Labor) to High North News about his recent visit to the Norwegian Armed Forces’ base in Bodø, in the immediate area of the city’s airport.
Here, the temporary location for NATO’s third Combined Air Operations Centre (CAOC) is currently under construction and will function as a workplace in the years to come – until the permanent premises are completed at the mountain facility in Reitan outside of Bodø.
The NATO center will have a particular responsibility for command and control in the airspace in the Nordic region and the High North. There are already similar centers in Germany and Spain.
Furthermore, the center in the North will be closely linked to the Joint Force Command Norfolk in the US, NATO’s newest joint operational headquarters, which also has the North Atlantic and the Arctic in its area of responsibility.
”This bridges the northern dimension [within NATO, ed. note] closer together,” emphasized Sandvik and continued:
”For the Nordic region, it’s also beneficial that we are now integrating Sweden and Finland to an even higher degree in our region’s formidable air force, with a whopping 250 fighters aircrafts. Läs artikel