[quote][b][url=/v3/forum/europe-14/topic/cesk-letectvo-a-protivzdusna-obrana-r%C3%A9publique-tch%C3%A8que-333/?post=45477#post-45477]pilou[/url] a dit le 21/12/2009 à 23:33 :[/b]

[url=http://www.airforcesmonthly.com/view_news.asp?ID=1279]Czechs for NAPMO[/url]
[quote]The Czech Government has agreed to join NATO’s Airborne Early Warning and Control Programme Management Organisation (NAPMO).
 

December 15: Czech newspaper CeskeNoviny.com reports that the Czech Government has agreed to join NATO’s Airborne Early Warning and Control Programme Management Organisation (NAPMO) from January 1.

The Czech Defence Ministry’s contribution to NAPMO will be almost €290,000 a year. The ministry says the accession to the system will improve and enhance the Czech Republic's defence capability along with its position in NATO; it is not clear yet if Czech personnel will join NAPMO.

At present NAPMO, which was formed in 1978, has 17 members, 16 of whom share the operation of 17 Boeing E-3A airborne warning and control (AWACS) aircraft based at Geilenkirchen in Germany. The 16 countries are Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Turkey and the USA. The 17th is Britain, which operates seven E-3Ds from RAF Waddington.[/quote][/quote]