NATO tests deploying air control center 750km from home base

NATO tested its ability to deploy the Deployable Air Control Centre, Recognised Air Picture Production Centre and Sensor Fusion Post (DARS) during Exercise RAMSTEIN DUST I 2015 this month.

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Photo: HQ AIRCOM Public Affairs

In the early hours of 9 March 2015, some 100 DARS Airmen embarked on a 750-km move from the home base at Poggio Renatico in the north east of Italy to Gioia del Colle Air Base on the country’s eastern coast.

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