NATO’s New Air Command Center to Be Built in Northern Norway

NATO’s new air command center to be built in northern Norway

Bodo, where center is to be built, located just north of the Arctic Circle - Anadolu Ajansı

The Finnish Air Force wants a strong Finnish presence in NATO's Northern Air Operations Center.

NATO's new regional air command in Norway will be located in Reitan near Bodø, the country's government announces.

Norway selects Bodø as site for new NATO Combined Air Operations Centre

NATO currently operates two CAOCs, located in Uedem, Germany, and Torrejón, Spain. These centres play a crucial role in planning, directing, coordinating and supporting air operations in both peacetime and conflict. Two Norwegian sites were evaluated for the new centre: Rygge Air Force Base and Reitan near Bodø in Northern Norway. The Government has now decided to nominate Reitan as the permanent location. “Norway’s most important strategic inte…

NATO to open new air command in Norway's far north

Norway announced Tuesday it had designated the small town of Bodo, north of the Arctic Circle, to permanently host a NATO air operations control centre. The announcement from the Norwegian government comes as neighbouring Russia is seeking to assert its power in the Arctic by modernising old bases and establishing new ones. During a ministerial meeting in February, NATO countries agreed to establish the alliance’s third European Combined Air Ope…

A new NATO air control center will be located in northern Norway, the Norwegian government announced today. The location of Bodo above the Arctic Circle was chosen in Oslo after alliance ministers agreed in February that Norway would host the third such command in Europe.