Airborne Early Warning
and Control Force

Geilenkirchen | Germany

Our Mission:

We are NATO’s own Airborne Early Warning and Control Force. We are Many Nations, One Force—United to detect, direct and dominate the airspace and defend the Alliance.

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Commander Airborne Early Warning and Control Force

Major General Kunkel is the Commander of the NATO Airborne Early Warning & Control Force in Geilenkirchen, Germany.

He leads an international military and civilian staff, representing 17 NATO nations which provide an airborne early warning, command and control and battle management capability in support of NATO commanders. Prior to this assignment, Maj. Gen. Kunkel was the Deputy Director for Operations, Operations Team Five, National Joint Operations and Intelligence Center.

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Operations and Exercises

The E-3A AWACS are NATO’s ‘eye in the sky’. They provide the Alliance with air surveillance, battle management, command and control, and communications, and are used for a vast range of NATO missions.

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