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Air Operations Support
This Branch amalgamates Combat Support (CS) and Combat Service Support (CSS) functions into a single entity that is the JAPCC’s ‘one-stop-shop’ for all functions that enable Air and Space Power projection. Areas of specific focus include, but are not limited to Air Mobility (Air Transport and Air to Air Refuelling), Joint Personnel Recovery (JPR), Joint Rotary Wing Operations, Electronic Warfare (EW), Force Protection (FP) and Logistics.
These activities are fundamental to the effective and resource-efficient delivery of NATO Air and Space Power. Furthermore, AOS must be considered in a holistic manner rather than as individual or discreet functions that are conducted in isolation. AOS is both a Force Enabler and a Force Multiplier. Put simply, it is the bedrock of NATO’s Air Operations.
Featured Publications
Learning from the Adversary: Insights from the Early Russian Rotary-Wing Campaign
By Lt Col
Emiliano
Pellegrini
The rotary-wing attack platform differs from fixed-wing air power in both form and function – in many militaries it is not an air asset at all, but fire support with rotors, tasked and controlled by [...]
Evolving Aerial Refuelling for Contested Airspace
By Maj
Eric
Yuan
Modern air campaigns are inherently dependent on the operational reach of tanker fleets. For decades, the Alliance designed an air operating model around the assumption that High Value Airborne Assets (HVAAs) could operate within safe [...]
No One Left Behind: Rebuilding NATO’s Rescue Mission
Why Revitalizing Joint Personnel Recovery Is Mission-Critical for the Alliance
By Maj
Brennan
Gallagher
In Operation Allied Force, a moment of high-stakes survival unfolded that would shape NATO’s perspective of joint personnel recovery (JPR). On 2 May 1999, then-Lieutenant Colonel David Goldfein was flying his F-16 over hostile territory [...]
