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maneuvers in Greek and
Turkish Thrace, and naval Force will exercise in the Eastern Mediterranean, including the Aegean Sea; naval activities will include amphibious and carrier operations. As part of the exercise, ground units will be airlifted from their home stations in the United Kingdom and the United States to northwestern Turkey, where Turkish National Forces will execute plans for receiving them. Turkish National Forces will also conduct operations with Hellenic Armed Forces and NATO air units, providing fighter-bomber and reconnaissance support throughout the area of operations. Highlights of the exercise in Turkish Thrace will be a multi-national amphibious landing on 25 September 1973 and a multinational airborne operation on 26 September 1973.
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850:’s transformation, initiated by the Prague summit of 2002, aimed at adapting the allied military structure to the operational challenges of coalition warfare, to face the emerging threats in the new millennium. The new NATO Command Structure is leaner and focused on conducting a much wider range of missions.
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The sixth command was an Allied command responsible for the land defence of Greece, named Allied Land Forces South-Central Europe or LANDSOUTHCENT. However, it is not certain whether it was ever actually operational, with the 1998/99 NATO Handbook listing it as 'yet to be activated.' Below these PSCs
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Later in 1953, the various national naval forces within Allied Forces
Mediterranean were organised into six Sub-Principal Subordinate Commands (Sub-PSCs), each commanded by an Admiral (including one French (MEDOC), one Greek, one Turkish, one Italian and two British). In time of war, CINCAFMED would
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As of 2008, Commander, Allied Joint Force
Command Naples, was responsible for conducting the full range of military operations throughout the NATO Area of Responsibility (AOR) and beyond to deter aggression and to contribute to the effective defence of NATO territory and forces, safeguard freedom of
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Beginning 10 July 1951, Headquarters Allied Land Forces
Southern Europe was responsible for defending the North-Eastern Italian sector in cooperation with other NATO nations. During the intervening 40 years, the HQ produced plans and studies to counter a potential invasion by the Soviet-led Warsaw
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From 1967 the overall shape of AFSOUTH did not significantly change until the command was renamed in 2004. There were five principal subordinate commands (PSCs). The number rose to six when Greece was taking part in the military structure; Greece withdrew from the NATO military structure after the
914:(HQ MND-SE) headquarters in Bucharest, Romania, on December 1, 2015. The new HQ was activated as part of the Readiness Action Plan agreed at the 2014 Wales Summit. JFC Naples will serve as the operational control of MND-SE. The division HQ will be prepared to execute command and control over the
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appears to have been held annually. Deep Furrow was to be conducted from 20–29 September 1973 in the southern region of Allied
Command Europe. Forces from Greece, Turkey and other countries in AF South Command were to participate, which is scheduled annually by CINCSOUTH. Land forces will hold
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was appointed as
Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Southern Europe (CinCAFSOUTH) on 19 June 1951, AFMED was not activated until 1953. The delay was due to negotiations and compromises between the Americans and the British, who wished to retain one of their commanders over Britain's traditional
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in 1974, and after some behind the scenes negotiating by NATO officials, returned in
October 1980. Two land commands, Allied Land Forces Southern Europe and Allied Land Forces Southeastern Europe, were tasked to defend Italy and Turkey, respectively. Each was directly responsible to
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was a combined naval exercise held in the
Mediterranean Sea between 25 February to 16 March 1952. The exercise included allied warships escorting three convoys of supply ships which were subjected to repeated simulated air and submarine attacks, as well as
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AFSOUTH continued to conduct exercises in the 1960s and 1970s, among which was exercise 'Dawn Patrol,' a five-nation naval and air exercise conducted throughout the
Mediterranean in 1974. The U.S. contribution to the exercise was based on the
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The first AIRSOUTH commander became U.S. Major
General David M. Schlatter, USAF. On 14 October 1953, the Sixth Allied Tactical Air Force was also established in Izmir, commanded by Major General R.E.L. Easton, USAF, and responsible to
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From 1992 AFSOUTH was heavily involved in NATO operations in the Balkans, initially with NATO seaborne enforcement of a UN arms embargo, Operation 'Maritime Monitor,' which began in July 1992. This operation was fused with a similar
1406:(until 1994) and then Lt. Gen Michael Ryan. While AIRSOUTH maintained day-to-day command, "mission tasking and operational control" were delegated to the commander of the NATO Fifth Allied Tactical Air Force (5ATAF).
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in Romania and Bulgaria for a range of missions, which includes Article V operations based on NATO planning, when authorized by the North Atlantic Council and directed by the Supreme Allied Commander Europe.
475:, Sicily, responsible for the coordination of the aerial anti-submarine effort, Submarine Forces, South, and the Naval On-Call Force Mediterranean, a multinational escort squadron activated at intervals.
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in Italy and Sixth Allied Tactical Air Force in Turkey. The two allied tactical air forces were under an overall air command, Allied Air Forces Southern Europe, headquartered at Naples in Italy under a
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from July 1993. AFSOUTH also directed activities such as
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Commander North-eastern Mediterranean (COMEDNOREAST), in
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Command Structure of AFSOUTH in 1989 (click to enlarge)
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314:(LANDSOUTHEAST), was created with its headquarters in
794:, from December 1995. While technically in charge of
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1210:. September 1952. pp. 31–35. Archived from
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639:Allied Naval Forces Southern Europe
457:Allied Naval Forces Southern Europe
354:ground small unit tactical training
300:Allied Naval Forces Southern Europe
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2027:Joint Support and Enabling Command
1856:North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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516:Allied Land Forces Southern Europe
349:throughout the Mediterranean Sea.
296:Allied Land Forces Southern Europe
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304:Allied Air Forces Southern Europe
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212:), originally formed in 1951. In
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1695:Chourchoulis, Dionysios (2014).
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2331:eastward NATO expansion issues
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1361:The Military Balance, 1975-76
939:Veltri, Franco (April 2004).
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741:Fleet Air Wing Mediterranean
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834:Establishment as JFC Naples
822:' tour as HQ KFOR in 1999.
820:Allied Rapid Reaction Corps
798:from mid-1999, General Sir
735:Naval Air Station Sigonella
656:, who doubled as Commander
619:(5 ATAF), in Vicenza, Italy
377:along the western coast of
347:Sea lines of communications
246:Allied Forces Mediterranean
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536:4th Italian Alpine Corps
1811:40.930389°N 14.046722°E
1045:"JFC Naples Fact sheet"
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667:admiral, until 1962 in
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2268:Multilateral relations
2049:Parliamentary Assembly
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891:started directing the
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563:(LANDSOUTHEAST), in
427:Exercise Deep Furrow
401:Operation Deep Water
224:, Casteau, Belgium.
2301:Major non-NATO ally
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1474:"Previous Commands"
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713:Mediterranean Fleet
598:(LANDSOUTHCENT) in
452:for a long period.
450:Sixteenth Air Force
412:Mediterranean Fleet
358:Exercise Grand Slam
179:Joint Force Command
1949:Opposition to NATO
1437:GlobalSecurity.org
1324:on August 15, 2007
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802:'s autobiography,
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367:Operation Longstep
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1710:978-0-73919-305-1
1672:. 1 December 2015
1374:978-0-90049-284-6
1353:978-9-28450-109-0
975:978-1-42898-133-1
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