Combined Air Operations Centre

This article is about Combined Air Operations Centre in accordance with German army regulation (HDv 100/900) in line to the NATO command structure. It should not be confused with the Air and Space Operations Center as a type of command center used by the United States Air Force.
This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.
US CAOC at Al Udeid Air Base, 2009

Combined Air Operations Centre (short: CAOC) is according to the German army regulation German: Heeresdienstvorschrift (HDv) 100/900 defined as – «A multinational headquarters for tactical and operational control of NATO Air Forces below the Joint Force Command level».

Within the European NATO command structure it is subordinated to the Component Command – Air, and is superior to Control and Reporting Centres. NATO may operate in Europe static and deployable CAOCs.

Predecessor organizations of the CAOC were Air Tactical Operations Centre (ATOC) and Air Defence Operations Centre (ADOC). Until 1980 the two HQs for air attack and air defence operated autonomously.

Active CAOCs

Inactive CAOCs

Deployable)[5]

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