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    NATO Dispersed Operating Bases (DOBs) were developed to improve air power survival when NATO began planning for tactical air bases and aircraft in western...
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    United States Air Force operated 11 major air bases in France. There were other communications sites, NATO Dispersed Operating Bases, Sub-Depots and minor...
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  • Berlin, opera company in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin NATO Dispersed Operating Bases (DOBs) Dobo Airport, Indonesia (IATA code DOB) Dob, a cultivar...
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    : DoD-3  The United States operates a global network of military installations and is by far the largest operator of military bases in the world, with locations...
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    Air base (redirect from Air Force Bases)
    60 and Bas 90 systems, the British V-Bomber dispersal bases, and NATO's Dispersed Operating Bases in France. Road airbases are highways constructed to...
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  • Vatry Air Base (category French Air and Space Force bases)
    from the primary bases to be used in the event of an emergency. Vatry was selected to be one of these "NATO Dispersed Operating Bases". No flying unit...
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    Yugoslav SAMs were preemptively dispersed away from their garrisons and practiced emission control to decrease NATO's ability to locate them. The Yugoslav...
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    casualty-free day in 22 months since April 1992. On 28 February, NATO fighters operating under Deny Flight shot down four Bosnian Serb fighters for violating...
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    overrun or disabled through Eastern Bloc hostile actions and that dispersed operating bases would be needed. Germany was planning replacements for the Fiat...
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    up to four additional fighter squadrons and operate from three additional NATO Dispersed Operating Bases.[citation needed] A result of French president...
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    Rogachevo (air base) (category Russian Air Force bases)
    Sukhoi Su-27 (NATO: Flanker) in 1985. It is possible that in 1993 the unit may have dispersed to Afrikanda. During the 1970s Tupolev Tu-28 (NATO: Fiddler)...
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    Saint-Simon – Clastres Air Base (category French Air and Space Force bases)
    until the end of the war. It was redeveloped in the 1950s as a NATO Dispersed Operating Base and was closed in 1967. Today, it is mostly agricultural fields...
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    engaged in the Vietnam War. Before Spain joined NATO in 1982, the USAF had for many years used Spanish air bases. Initially used primarily by the Strategic...
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    Suwałki Gap (category NATO)
    democracy, decreasing its military and nuclear presence. NATO's commitment not to build any permanent bases beyond the Oder river therefore seemed reasonable...
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  • airfield was rebuilt in the 1950s as a NATO Dispersed Operating Base for United States Air Force units in France to disperse their forces to in case of a war...
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    McAuliffe, Jerome J (2005): U.S. Air Force in France 1950-1967, Chapter 17, Dispersed Operating Bases Airport information for LFAG at Great Circle Mapper....
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    designation. The 48 FW operates in support of United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa, United States European Command and NATO. The Liberty Wing...
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    air defence assets and provided 8 Freya-type radars dispersed throughout the country. A dispersed observation and reporting system was gradually developed...
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    McAuliffe, Jerome J (2005): U.S. Air Force in France 1950-1967, Chapter 17, Dispersed Operating Bases Airport information for LFYG at Great Circle Mapper....
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    Torrejón Air Base (category Bases of the Spanish Air and Space Force)
    and personnel on many more bases, with each bombardment wing having two additional installations to which it could disperse. On 5 July 1958 the Air Defense...
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    Jerome J: U.S. Air Force in France 1950–1967 (2005), Chapter 17, Dispersed Operating Bases "Contact: Aéroport Paris-Beauvais". www.aeroportparisbeauvais...
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    ships, and, if needed, forward operating bases. Harrier squadrons saw several deployments overseas. Its ability to operate with minimal ground facilities...
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  • centers and air bases of NATO and actively participates in the exercises of the alliance in Europe and North America. The headquarters of NATO's Allied Air...
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    Do 31 was intended to use these same austere air strips as forward operating bases. As early as 1959, West German aircraft manufacturer Dornier had been...
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    chaired by the Secretary of State for Defence. The Royal Navy operates from three bases in Britain where commissioned ships and submarines are based:...
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    the Soviet deployment of the SS-20 Saber, which could hit most European NATO bases within minutes of launch. These mutual deployments led to a destabilizing...
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  • francs. After France's withdrawal from the NATO integrated command structure in 1967, the center was operated solely by the French, finally abandoned in...
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    Vidsel Air Base (category Bases of the Swedish Air Force)
    able to operate all current types of aircraft used by the Swedish AF, as well as a number of other aircraft from other users, including many NATO, as the...
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    Russian invasion of Ukraine (category Opposition to NATO)
    influence to try to control their neighbours". NATO and Russia had co-operated until Russia annexed Crimea. NATO offered to improve communication with Russia...
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    company commanders' one. Most of the dispersed platoon bases were replaced by heavily protected permanent company bases, mostly a short distance from a village...
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