European Air Group

European Air Group is an association of the air forces of 7 member nations (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and United Kingdom) working together to stimulate change and collectively to enhance the tactical capabilities of the Group’s air forces through better cooperation.

European Air Group
Crest of the European Air Group
Active1997
Country Belgium  Germany
 France  Netherlands
 Italy  Spain
 United Kingdom
HeadquartersHigh Wycombe, Buckinghamshire  United Kingdom
Motto(s)Solutions for interoperability


  Franco-British European Air Group (FBEAG).
  Joined the European Air Group (EAG) in 1997.
  Non-members, but participated in VOLCANEX 2007.

History
The participation in European defence organisations

Established in 1995 as the Franco British European Air Group to promote collaboration between the British and French air forces in the first Gulf War and the subsequent Balkans operations.

In 1997, Italy, Spain, Germany, The Netherlands and Belgium joined the Franco-British European Air Group to become the European Air Group

The EAG established the European Airlift Coordination Centre (EACC) at Eindhoven Airport in the Netherlands on 1 September 2001. The EACC later became the European Airlift Centre and was joined at Eindhoven by a sealift coordination centre. On 1 July 2007 the two centres merged fully to become the Movement Coordination Centre Europe, by which time 15 nations, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and the United Kingdom, were part of the organisation.

Members

 Belgium
 Germany
 France
 Netherlands
 Italy
 Spain
 United Kingdom

Partner Nations

 Norway
 Sweden

Associate Nations

 Canada
 Poland
 United States
 Australia

See also

References
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